Antique Japanese Geisha Comb Kushi Hairpiece Kanzashi Gold Makie Village 3.75" Lamp 1890) gold and red lacquer

1890) gold and red lacquer bowls with lids were hand turned from cryptomeria wood with over twenty layers of black lacquer

25" (width x height x depth)

This listing is for tray only

Red specked chawan with matching box and wrapping cloth

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Antique Japanese Geisha Comb Kushi Hairpiece Kanzashi Gold Makie Village 3.75" Lamp 1890) gold and red lacquerThis is an antique late Edo Era (c. 1800 1850) Japanese hairpiece called a kushi. A Japanese comb is about much more than just styling your hair. Japanese kushi such as this one have been used since the prehistoric Jomon period. Some 400 years ago, Japan refined and transformed it into an elegant beauty accessory that became a work of art. Japanese kushi became expressions of a woman's character, social class, religion, and people could even tell what