Description: THREE (3) RARE ANTIQUE JAPANESE RED LACQUERED WOOD GLASSESMATCHING SETRED ONES ARE MUCH RARER THAN THE BLACK ONES VERY GOOD CONDITION, ALTHOUGH THE THIRD ONE HAS HAD A REPAIR TO THE BASETHERE ARE NO MARKINGS ON THE BOTTOMS SUGGESTING THAT THEY PROBABLY WERE MADE PRIOR TO 1930 WHEN IT BECAME REQUIRED TO PLACE MARKINGS ON ARTICLES AS TO THEIR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, BUT WE CANNOT ATTEST TO THE DATE THEY WERE MADE ALTHOUGH THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY HANDMADE AND HAND PAINTED, AS THE GLASSES ARE NOT EXACTLY THE SAME SIZE AND THE PAINTED IMAGES, WHILE VERY CLOSE, ARE NOT EXACTLY THE SAME EITHER, A LOT OF TIME MUST HAVE GONE INTO THE MAKING OF THESE BEAUTIFUL LACQUERED WOOD PIECESYES, THEY ARE MADE OF WOOD, TURNED ON A HAND-TURNED LATHETHE ROOSTER MOTIF IS VERY IMPORTANT TO JAPANESE MYTHOLOGY, THE ROOSTER IS A SACRED BIRD AND IS SYMBOLIC OF COURAGE THROUGHOUT JAPAN, ITS CROWING IS THOUGHT TO HAVE LURED AMATERASU, GODDESS OF THE SUN, OUT OF THE CAVE WHERE SHE HAD BEEN HIDING, AND IS WHY WE HAVE THE SUN RISE EACH DAY FROM THE DARKNESS AS THE ROOSTER BEACONS WITH ITS CROWING JUST BEFORE DAWNGLASSES ARE JUST SHY OF 5" TallSHIPPING IS TO U.S. DESTINATIONS ONLYMUST HAVE AT LEAST 10 POSITIVE FEEDBACKS TO BUY THIS ITEM
Price: 9.95 USD
Location: Braselton, Georgia
End Time: 2025-01-11T15:49:23.000Z
Shipping Cost: 6.95 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Number of Items in Set: 3
Brand: Unbranded
Color: Red
Material: Wood
Set Includes: Glasses
