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Red Urushi with Golden Details Owan Set

70,00 €

A set of three red urushi owan decorated with gold details depicting various flowers

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Categories: Lacquerware, Owan Tags: Gold, Lacquer, Owan, Urushi

Description

A set of three red urushi owan decorated with gold details depicting various flowers, Showa era. Owans are typically used for serving miso soup or rice and are a traditional part of Japanese tableware . Lidded bowls (nimonowan or suimonowan) are designed to keep the contents warm and are essential components of traditional Japanese multi-course meals. Each owan size: 10 x 15 x15 cm.

Additional information

Weight	0,2 kg
Dimensions	10 × 15 × 20 cm
Age	Showa
Material	Lacquer, Wood

Japanese Lacquer

Japanese Urushi Lacquerware

Real Japanese lacquerware uses sap from the urushi tree. It’s not varnish, not shellac, not resin. Urushi hardens by humidity, not air, and once cured it’s tough, chemical-resistant, and slightly elastic.

Layered construction

Every Japanese piece of lacquerware is built up through many thin layers of lacquer, often over a wooden core. Each layer is cured, polished, then coated again. This is why good lacquer has depth and brightness.

Surface refinement and finish

Whether glossy (roiro), matte, or textured, the surface is deliberate and controlled. Even simple black lacquer is about precision, not decoration. Sloppy edges, pooling, or uneven thickness are dead giveaways of cheap work.

Lacquerware decoration

Techniques such as maki-e, gold leaf or nashiji are not just applied on top of the urushi, they’re embedded into the lacquer layers. With urushi lacquerware decoration is structural and represents centuries of tradition through technique.