Antique Japanese Edo Era (c1850) Pair of Lacquer Makie Wooden Lidded Soup/Rice Bowl Ainu An excellent way to set

An excellent way to set off decorative ceramics like bowls

Having been used lovingly and stored for over a century

It measures 14" wide by 8 1/2" high by 10 1/4" deep (36 x 22 x 26 cm)

It measures 4 1/2" in diameter and 6" tall (11

Antique Japanese Edo Era (c1850) Pair of Lacquer Makie Wooden Lidded Soup/Rice Bowl Ainu An excellent way to setThis 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