Antique Japanese C.1890 Blue & White Stenciled Bowl With Playful Rabits 11" Tea Ceremony 1880) Japanese ceramic charger plate

1880) Japanese ceramic charger plate with a hand painted design of the three elements of happiness: pine

The Nakago (blade hole) has front and back bronze or copper "sekigane" (a softer metal applied to the top and bottom of the nakago after forging to get a better fit and for shock absorption) indicating further that the tsuba was affixed to a working sword

It will be an eye-catching addition to your decor

This piece dates from the early to mid 1800's

Antique Japanese C.1890 Blue & White Stenciled Bowl With Playful Rabits 11" Tea Ceremony 1880) Japanese ceramic charger plateThis is an antique Japanese porcelain bowl. Hand Stenciled in a rich blue with cute rabbits paying in a center square. Rabbits are a zodiac animal! Rabbits tend to be gentle, quiet, elegant, and alert as well as quick, skillful, kind, patient, and very responsible. if you or a loved one are born in a Rabbit year, 1999, 1987, 1975 ect. Than this antique is a perfect fit. This dish dates back to the late Meiji Era (c. 1890) made of a high fire ceramic