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Japanese Wooden Soup-Bowl with Wajima-Nuri Japanese Lacquerware 1990s

About the Item

This is an antique Japanese soup-bowl made around 1990s with wood. This soup-bowl is made with wajima-nuri, a Japanese lacquerware from Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture in Japan. Wajima-nuri is made by the applying multiple layers of urushi mixed with powdered diatomaceous earth onto delicate wooden substrates. Wajima-nuri is divided into three major processes before the bowls are finished. The "lacquer coating" process with around 23 steps. Each process is carried out by a division of labor, with each craftsman or workshop in charge of a particular process, and it can take more than a year to complete.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 2.25 in (5.7 cm)Width: 5.12 in (13 cm)Depth: 5.12 in (13 cm)
  • Style:
    Showa (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
    Wood,Lacquered
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
    1990-1999
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1990
  • Condition:
    This wajima ware bowl is in good condition but there might be some little scratches.
  • Seller Location:
    Paris, FR
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU6325245326722

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