Antique Japanese MeijiEra (c1870) Lacquer Makie Wooden Lidded Soup / Rice Bowl Bamboo The wear has smoothed down

The wear has smoothed down the whole tsuba

It has a stylized plum blossom and bamboo design in akai-imari (multi-color imari)

Length = 12

1886 by the great Japanese artist Yoshitoshi Tsukioka (1839 to 1892)

Antique Japanese MeijiEra (c1870) Lacquer Makie Wooden Lidded Soup / Rice Bowl Bamboo The wear has smoothed downThis is an antique Japanese Meiji Era (c. 1870's) gold, black and red lacquer lidded bowl. It was hand turned from cryptomeria wood with over twenty layers of red lacquer. On top of the black lacquer there is a makie (raised gold lacquer) design of chrysanthemum. Both lid and bowl have gold trim. Japanese lacquer is considered the finest in the world. This type of bowl was often used for soup or rice. Having been in storage for much of the past