Vintage Japanese Red Lacquer Sakazuki Sake Cups Set x3 Gold Makie 4” Nesting Bowls sashes and the like

sashes and the like

evoking Japan’s enduring wabi-sabi sensibility

used to store the folded silk kimono that represented significant family wealth and were passed between generations

Publisher: Hattori Hyakuroku (服部百録)

It's an antique Japanese gyoshobako-dansu (peddler's chest) from the mid/late Edo Era (c

Vintage Japanese Red Lacquer Sakazuki Sake Cups Set x3 Gold Makie 4” Nesting Bowls sashes and the likeThis is a set Japanese red lacquer sakazuki (sake cup). It has makie (gold artwork) depicting traditional shochikubi (Plum, Bamboo, Pine) on each cup. Having been in storage for much of the past several decades this sakazuki remains in very fine condition throughout and is in good polish. Measures about 4" in diameter by 1. 5" tall.