Finely Chip-Carved Dark-Stained Wooden Box primitive wood and tin scoop Japan features incised designs including

Japan features incised designs including a woman holding fish

This one really makes me want to host an afternoon tea simply in order to serve from it

With great lines and textural details

these terrific hand-thrown red glazed small serving bowls are contemporary

which I can just see its young maker

Finely Chip-Carved Dark-Stained Wooden Box primitive wood and tin scoop Japan features incised designs includingThis is really a wonderful box, very finely carved on all sides and stained a terrific near black. The carving is just fantastic, densely covering every inch of the top and most of the sides all very painstakingly done, but revealing the hand of its maker through small imperfections here and there. IReally lovely, in great shape, and of a very useful size for holding all manner of things. There is a bit of wear to the stain in spots, and very small