Two soup bowls from the Meiji era, over 100 years old. Remarkably, they are unused. They are of a level used in high-class restaurants. I fell in love with the gold-painted butterflies on them at an antique shop in Kyoto a long time ago, and purchased them for about 15,000 yen each. Currently, similar wooden, genuine lacquerware with gold paint cost around 30,000 yen at department stores like Mitsukoshi. The wooden box says "Wajima Soup Bowl, Seaside Pine and Plovers." They are soup bowls that have been beautifully carved from natural wood by artisans and repeatedly coated with natural Japanese lacquer. The gold-painted, fluttering plovers are elegant and very cute. On the underside of the lid, a gorgeous gold-painted pine tree appears, surprising the viewer when opened. It combines the elegance and strength of the pine tree, and is very beautiful. The "chinkin" technique, where gold is inlaid after carving a design, gives it a luxurious feel. Currently, over 90% of the lacquer used in Japan is imported from China, making natural Japanese lacquerware precious. The natural wood base is coated with lacquer many times, resulting in a very beautiful jet-black finish. You can enjoy soup, New Year's soup, and miso soup elegantly. It allows you to feel history while creating a gorgeous dining experience, and it creates an artistic and luxurious atmosphere. ◯ Size (cm) Height 9 (including lid), 6.5 (bowl) Diameter 11 Also on sale #Kevin'sRoom Yamada Heian-do, wild birds, sparrows, birds, New Year's, New Year's soup Antique, vintage, brocante, Orne de Feuilles, vintage, antique, figurines, feng shui, fine art, antiques, Buddhist altar fittings, old art, old tools, Buddhism, Buddhist statues, Buddha, Oriental art, Amitabha, tea ceremony utensils, old tools, art gallery, modernism, modern art, contemporary art, African art, primitive art, art, museum, art, art, mid-century, Japan Folk Crafts Museum, Cubism, Asian goods, Scandinavian goods, American toys, American goods, Showa retro, Taisho, Meiji, Edo, romance, dolls, bisque dolls, figurines, figures, Disney, Arabia, Marimekko, Alessi, Lisa Larson, Bernard Leach, Sori Yanagi, Takashi Murakami, Arita ware, Kutani ware, Ko-Imari, Imari, Yachimun, Onta ware, Koransha, Seto novelty, Shigaraki ware, Mashiko ware, Daigo kiln, Kyo-yaki, Omuro-yaki, Awata ware, Bizen ware, Mino ware, Hasami ware, Seto ware, Tamba ware, Ibe ware, Kiyomizu-yaki, Kyo-yaki, Hakusan pottery, bowls, tea utensils, Akazu ware, Fukagawa Seiji