Chinese Cloisonné Bowl Set of Flowers & Blue Intirior 4" Snuff Bottle Soot from the the charcoal

Soot from the the charcoal fires used inside the house slowly permeates the bamboo surface coloring the bamboo a deep brown color that takes over 100 years to develop

This is a vintage hand painted Chinese porcelain plate

they often have wrinkles

Pink tree motif liner

This size vase was popular as a large ikebana flower arranging container to be placed in the tonkonoma area of a Japanese house

Chinese Cloisonné Bowl Set of Flowers & Blue Intirior 4" Snuff Bottle Soot from the the charcoalThis is a set of Chinese ornate red Cloisonn bowls. Flowers in earthy tones with yellows, greens and blues run along the exterior. There is some damage to the interior enamel.