Antique Japanese Wooden Red Lacquer Sakazuki Sake Cup Gold Makie 3” Byoubu or interior designers

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Beautifully decorated in traditional motifs of gold maki-e maple leaves and cherry blossoms of a deep rich red base

cream-to-blush pink

Yoshido are traditional Japanese summer screens designed to bring both comfort and elegance to homes during the warmer months

This carving measures 15

Antique Japanese Wooden Red Lacquer Sakazuki Sake Cup Gold Makie 3” Byoubu or interior designersThis is an antique Japanese late Meiji Era (c. 1910) lacquer sakazuki (sake cup) made of hand turned cryptomeria wood with over twenty layers of red lacquer. It has makie (raised gold artwork) depicting Mt Fuji and lace scape. Japanese lacquer from the Meiji era was considered the finest ever made. It is durable enough to withstand the harshest treatment the centuries have thrown at it. Having been in storage for over a century, this sakazuki remains