Antique Japanese Wooden Red Lacquer Sakazuki Sake Cup Gold Makie 3” Byoubu 5" long by 3" wide

5" long by 3" wide

It too has three rings

We have examples of eight of the twelve prints in this series which was originally folded and lightly bound into a folio

This vase measures 12" in diameter by 4" wide

Antique Japanese Wooden Red Lacquer Sakazuki Sake Cup Gold Makie 3” Byoubu 5" long by 3" wideThis 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