Antique Japanese Edo Era (c1850) Lacquer Makie Wooden Lidded Soup / Rice Bowl Zen 5 x 15 cm)

5 x 15 cm)

commonly translated as Playing Kemari Ball

This is a lidded wooden lacquer box in the shape of a kokeshi head

The vase alone is 12 1/2" tall by 7" wide (32 x 18 cm)

This vase measures 4" wide by 8 3/4" tall ( 10 x 22 cm)

Antique Japanese Edo Era (c1850) Lacquer Makie Wooden Lidded Soup / Rice Bowl Zen 5 x 15 cm)This is an antique Japanese late Edo Era (c. 1850) 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