Antique Japanese Taisho Era Imari Vase Shochikubai 11" Chawan This kokeshican smoothly turn her

This kokeshican smoothly turn her head and is carved in all natural white wood

It measures 4" wide by 4" deep by 5" tall ( 10 x 10 x 12

This is a ceramic bowl known as a chawan (tea bowl) used in a Japanese chado (tea ceremony)

and often intricate inlays

This is a vintage Japanese chu-natsume or tea caddy used in the chanoyu tea ceremony

Antique Japanese Taisho Era Imari Vase Shochikubai 11" Chawan This kokeshican smoothly turn herThis is an antique Taisho Era (c. 1920's) Japanese Imari Vase. It is hand painted in with motif. Shochikubai When describing auspicious things, the Japanese often use the compound term composed of 3 separate words, Sho Chiku Bai (). Shochikubai has the literal meaning of pine (Sho ), bamboo (Chiku ), and ume plum (Bai ). The origin of the Japanese term Shochikubai () comes from Saikan no Sanyu ( Three Friends of Winter), a subject loved by ancient