Antique Japanese Edo Era (c1850) Red Lacquer Makie Wooden Lidded Soup/Rice Bowl Vase has a deep warm patina

has a deep warm patina that only centuries of devoted use could provide

The Koi fish

Japanese people associated it with longevity

This is a set of five Japanese akai-imari ceramic Hashioki or Chopstick holder (hashi=chopsticks

Antique Japanese Edo Era (c1850) Red Lacquer Makie Wooden Lidded Soup/Rice Bowl Vase has a deep warm patinaThis is an antique Japanese late Edo Era (c. 1850's) gold and red lacquer lidded bowl. It was hand turned from cryptomeria wood with over twenty layers of red lacquer. On top of the red 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 over a century, and looking