Vintage Japanese Red Lacquer Sakazuki Sake Cups Set x3 Gold Makie 4” Nesting Bowls distinguishing it from field-grade examples

distinguishing it from field-grade examples with fully decorated backstraps

sashes and the like

It's an antique Japanese gyoshobako-dansu (peddler's chest) from the mid/late Edo Era (c

The sweeping robes

used to store the folded silk kimono that represented significant family wealth and were passed between generations

Vintage Japanese Red Lacquer Sakazuki Sake Cups Set x3 Gold Makie 4” Nesting Bowls distinguishing it from field-grade examplesThis is a set Japanese red lacquer sakazuki (sake cup). It has makie (gold artwork) depicting traditional shochikubi (Plum, Bamboo, Pine) on each cup. Having been in storage for much of the past several decades this sakazuki remains in very fine condition throughout and is in good polish. Measures about 4" in diameter by 1. 5" tall.