The lip of the bowl with shells and sand on the beach with Fuji beyond. All in various shades of gold with fine definition and build up of lacquer layers producing a relief effect.
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C.1880. 4 3/4 diameter. Red/orange color. Gold rims, the cover with gold shooting star like motifs suggesting motion. Interior with fine large crane in
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Meiji Period. Superior quality with red/orange body color and gilt edges. Top with fine gold overlay depicting a gnarled tree growing from a cluster of varied flower blossoms, each of a single shade of gold but detailed
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Red/orange body color with lovely fine scene of a bridge spanning a river with a forest to the left and steep mountain to the right. A pair of thatched buildings nestles in the mountain side and a large tree spreads above,.
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Bright contrasting true gold on black. Late Meiji, c.1900. 5 diameter. The bowl with recurved profile and domed cover with profuse crisp gold motif of a river and clusters of foliage with geese flying overhead. Fine bright
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Late Meiji Period. Slightly redder chocolate body color with more greenish interior.
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Rare technique! 4 5/8 diameter. Both with rich plum exterior color and graded to brown interior. The cover decorated with a gold crane in flight opposite profuse foliage with gold accents.
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4 7/8 diameter of fine elongated form with domed top. Beautifully decorated in gnarled plant stem surrounded by a variety of flower bud, all executed in true gold on a rich tomato red ground.
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4 7/8 diameter. The bowl of deep recurved section and the lid matching in shallower proportion. Orange body color to the interior and exterior. The dancing
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The most iconic of all Japanese symbols representing the very heart of Japanese culture, depicted on the cover of this lacquered bowl. Gold edged representation of Fuji with gold trees in the foreground balanced.
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Charming example dating to about 1870. 4 5/8 diameter. Deep red/orange in and out with gilt edges to both pieces. Full round form with large ring grip. The top lacquered with a whimsical koi fish swimming
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Wonderful contrast and condition! Larger example. 5 1/8 diameter. Meiji Period. Black body color to the outside and inside top. The bowl graded from black to deep brown. The cover decorated in two shades of gold with Original price
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Dating to about 1870. 4 3/4 diameter. Black exterior. The inside of each with black edge grading to chocolate brown. Gilt edge to both rims and the grip edge. The cover with lovely lush aquatic foliage and reeds which
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Meiji Period, late 19th century. These were used to serve soup as well as rice and other hot meal courses. Showing exceptional workmanship and fine preservation as reserved for owners with domestic staff. Large size, 5
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Late Edo to Meiji period, early to mid 19th century. 6 3/4 diameter with raised rim and shallow broad foot. Black lacquered body with fine two shade gold
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Meiji Period, 1868-1912. Exterior of the both with bright chocolate color. Gold rims and tomato orange interiors.
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Slightly darker red body color with fine layered lacquer decoration of a Siberian Blue Robin gliding above prunus branches with foliage, buds and flowers.
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The cover with a falcon on a perch. His body of muscular body with wings flexed and head thrust forward with eyes scanning and claws dug in.
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More spherical form. 4 5/8 diameter. Black body color with budding gnarled bush. Two gold opened blossoms and numerous closed buds on the main plant and adjacent tendrils including one which crossed the
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The land beyond with a wood and mountain. A flight of cranes in the sky. All executed in detail with lacquer build up of dimensional effect and true gold.
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Chocolate body color with classical representation budding conifers with two flying cranes opposite.
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The inside cover with classical gold deciduous branches. The bowl bottom lightly textured by crazing the lacquer when wet.
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Gilt rim red orange, the bowl rounded as above. The cover with especially colorful decoration of a variety of foliage, tendrils and buds.
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Both with turned raw wood exteriors stained only, with application of thick lacquer build up prunus foliage with buds set with sheet gold. The lower lid including a gnarled tree trunk with a hollow inlaid with
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Edo Period, pre 1868, probably a temple offering. 4 1/16” diameter, of exceptionally thin construction, the exterior smooth, and the interior revealing a pattern of basket wavy beneath the lacquer.
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To promote longevity! Meiji Period. 5” diameter. Broad rounded form, both elements with a delicately flared lip to the rims.
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Late Meiji Period. 4 3/4” diameter with delicately flared edges to the gilt rims. Dark pumpkin body color with large gold emerging plant shoots over a gold flecked triple veined leaf.
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4 3/4” diameter. The top decorated with a meandering silver stylized river and two clusters of flowers. The foremost detailed in multiple colors, primarily golds with abalone flecks inlaid into the flower petals.
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These covered bowls were used in the Edo and Meiji periods to serve soup and other dishes. Each is made of wood, finely lathe turned and decorated with true lacquer (not paint).
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Edo period. 5 3/4” diameter of large proportions and especially flared form. Both with butterscotch exterior streaked to imitate pottery.
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