Antique Japanese Edo Era (Dated 1776) Black Lacquer Bowl (1) Gold Makie Turtles & Cranes 5.25" Metalwork and the finest examples demonstrate

and the finest examples demonstrate real painterly ambition within a popular devotional format

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The date is written as the 3rd Year of Enpo

Antique Japanese Edo Era (Dated 1776) Black Lacquer Bowl (1) Gold Makie Turtles & Cranes 5.25" Metalwork and the finest examples demonstrateThis is for a single bowl w lid. This is an antique Japanese Edo Era (dated 1776) gold Makie lacquer lidded bowl. It was hand turned from cryptomeria wood with over twenty layers of red lacquer. On top of the black lacquer there is a makie (raised gold lacquer) done in the auspicious Crane & Turtle motif. 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 most of the