Vintage Chinese Cavered Lacquer Lidded Bowls Floral & Arabesque Motif Pair Painting and yellow blossoms with green

and yellow blossoms with green foliage and bamboo — rendered against the patterned ground

There are signs of wear and some oxidation over all produced by moisture from the hands due to regular use and practice

their petals carefully detailed against the bright white glaze ground

Made in the late 1800's or mid Meiji era

there is an old chip and crack on the edge

Vintage Chinese Cavered Lacquer Lidded Bowls Floral & Arabesque Motif Pair Painting and yellow blossoms with greenThis is a pair of vintage Chinese lidded bowls in a traditional carved lacquer style like cinnabar. Dramatic and bold in jet black and deep red. Very decorative and yet functional as bowls for precious objects. Each bowl has a black lacquer stand and the original storage box is included. Height = 3. 25" Diameter = 5"