Antique Japanese Meiji Era Red/Black Lacquer Obon Ozen Tray Table Crest 12.5" Woodblock This box remains in good

This box remains in good condition

5" (32 cm) high 16" wide and 11" deep

This is a vintage Japanese hand thrown ceramic bowl

Jurōjin (寿老人) is one of the Seven Gods of good Fortune or Shichifukujin

There is single bristle of the brush used to apply the lacquer embedded in the underside of the chataku visible in picture 6

Antique Japanese Meiji Era Red/Black Lacquer Obon Ozen Tray Table Crest 12.5" Woodblock This box remains in goodThis is an antique Japanese Meiji Era serving tray, ozen. It would have been used to serve tea or small appetizers. It has ornately figured legs to raise it above the tatami floor where it was used as a small individual table (It is made of cryptomeria wood with over 20 coats of Japanese red and black lacquer. Having been used lovingly and protected in a storage box for over a century, this tray remains overall in very fine condition. Sits squarely.