Antique Japanese Taisho Era Imari Vase Shochikubai 11" Chawan It is expertly decorated with

It is expertly decorated with a Dragon on one side and the magical Phoenix on the other

It measures 4" wide by 4" deep by 5" tall ( 10 x 10 x 12

It is made of rare Macassar ebony which is a very dense and heavy wood with beautiful grain pattern

This kokeshican smoothly turn her head and is carved in all natural white wood

This is a ceramic bowl known as a chawan (tea bowl) used in a Japanese chado (tea ceremony)

Antique Japanese Taisho Era Imari Vase Shochikubai 11" Chawan It is expertly decorated withThis is an antique Taisho Era (c. 1920's) Japanese Imari Vase. It is hand painted in with motif. Shochikubai When describing auspicious things, the Japanese often use the compound term composed of 3 separate words, Sho Chiku Bai (). Shochikubai has the literal meaning of pine (Sho ), bamboo (Chiku ), and ume plum (Bai ). The origin of the Japanese term Shochikubai () comes from Saikan no Sanyu ( Three Friends of Winter), a subject loved by ancient