Vintage Japanese Hand Crafted Wood Hida Shunkei Round Wall Lacquer Bowl 7” Chashaku a Chinese Chan (Zen) monk

a Chinese Chan (Zen) monk who lived during the Liang Dynasty (502–557) and later became a folkloric figure

Seen in the last picture is a bar or pole scale (not included) similar to the one which would have originally been used a similar weight

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The medallion shows Tsurugashiwa

Framing: Archival mat and frame (not examined out of frame)

Vintage Japanese Hand Crafted Wood Hida Shunkei Round Wall Lacquer Bowl 7” Chashaku a Chinese Chan (Zen) monkThis is a vintage Japanese wooden lacquered tray called an obon or ozen. It was made in the Hida Takayama region of Gifu prefecture in the Shunkei lacquer ware tradition and hand crafted in the mid to late Showa ear c 1960's 1980's. This type of natural lacquer ware has been famous in Japan for centuries. What makes Hida Shunkei lacquer ware so special is the way that the beauty of the surface of the wood is brought out by the application of a