Japanese Ranma Hori Carved Peacock Turning Right 6" Butsugu Chawan 5" tall (42 x 34

5" tall (42 x 34 cm)

Signed by the artist

It is made of hand crafted cryptomeria wood with over 20 coats of Japanese special natural urushi lacquer and measures 4 3/4" in diameter and 1/2"high

Published by Takemura Hideo

It has a nice scalloped shape around the perimeter which also has a gold border

Japanese Ranma Hori Carved Peacock Turning Right 6" Butsugu Chawan 5" tall (42 x 34This is a beautiful hand carved Ranma Hori in the shape of a peacock flying Left and turning its head to the Right. A Ranma is a transom that sits above sliding doorways in a traditional Japanese house to let air flow though freely. The Ranma Hori would usually sit on the ends of the Ranma in smaller transoms. As such, these functional sculptural works are meant to be viewed from the bottom and have little extra flourishes underneath. This one is 6