Nude/Erotic Chinese? Bowls New? Old?

If you are looking at this thread then the title/pictures should not offend so read on! Are these bowls, measuring 4 1/4" wide and 2 3/4" tall, new or old? Thanks for any info!

 

I think the word is "shunga".

 

Japanese for the tourist trade More explicit cartoonish than most of the older ones.

 

Loosely in the tradition of the Japanese pillow book. Sake cups.

 

Hi,
I have an older one circa 1920 and it is wonderful. It looks more like a painting than a "cartoon" one.
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They aren't identical (in drawing or in placement of color(s)) in the strictest sense of that word. So does that mean each was hand-drawn and hand-colored or . . . ??????

I can't even determine what they are doing or what they think they are doing or what they just finished doing or what they don't want to do at all.

 

Well... I mean... they're stuck in those tiny little bowls and all...

Perhaps consciously uncoupling?

 

I don't know. I don't want to find out.(LOL)

 

Careful what you eat out of .............

 

If they are meant as "cartoons" I would have added near the inside upper rim a (word) balloon with only one word in all caps followed by exclamation marks -- FIRE!!!

 

Whatever they're doing, it looks uncomfortable.

 

Can you just imagine seeing that while unknowingly tipping your bowl to slurp up the last bit of miso with noodles?

 

I can imagine a teenaged boy hoping he gets one of those bowls instead of one of the plain ones.

 

teenaged boys google.....I doubt these bowls would rate a raised eyebrow , not to mention a rise in the drawers.................!