Vintage Japanese Lacquerware Large Lidded Bowl Neko Tora Tiger Bamboo WO602

Vintage Japanese Lacquerware Large Lidded Bowl Neko-Tora Tiger Bamboo WO602

This is a large vintage Japanese lacquerware lidded bowl featuring a traditional Neko-Tora (cat-like tiger) design. The piece is constructed with a heavy wood structure finished in a deep brownish-red lacquer on the exterior and a solid red lacquer on the interior.

The top of the lid is decorated with gold maki-e depicting a crouched tiger in an Edo-period artistic style, surrounded by bamboo stalks and leaves. Matching gold maki-e landscape elements showing rolling hills and bamboo foliage adorn the sides of the lower bowl. The interior base of the bowl features a distinct Mt. Fuji-shaped repaint in the center.

Size:
Height: 17.0 cm / 6.7 in
Width: 33.0 cm / 13.0 in
Depth: 33.0 cm / 13.0 in
Weight: 2800 g / 6.17 lbs

Condition:
There are signs of aging and wear throughout the piece. The lacquered surface shows scratches and scuffs, with minor chipping along the rims of both the lid and the base bowl, including two specific spots where the underlying wood material is exposed. The interior shows surface scratches and a central Mt. Fuji-shaped repaint.

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