Six (6) Antique Japanese Lacquered Wood Glasses for Sale

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Six (6) Antique Japanese Lacquered Wood Glasses For Sale

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Six (6) Antique Japanese Lacquered Wood Glasses:
$14.95

SIX (6) RARE ANTIQUE JAPANESE LACQUERED WOOD GLASSESMATCHING SET
VERY GOOD CONDITIONTHERE ARE NO MARKINGS ON THE BOTTOMS SUGGESTING THAT THEY PROBABLY WERE MADE PRIOR TO 1930 WHEN IT BECAME REQUIRED TO PLACE MARKINGS ON ARTICLES AS TO THEIR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, BUT WE CANNOT ATTEST TO THE DATE THEY WERE MADE ALTHOUGH THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY HANDMADE AND HAND PAINTED, AS THE GLASSES ARE NOT EXACTLY THE SAME SIZE AND THE PAINTED IMAGES, WHILE VERY CLOSE, ARE NOT EXACTLY THE SAME EITHER, A LOT OF TIME MUST HAVE GONE INTO THE MAKING OF THESE BEAUTIFUL LACQUERED WOOD PIECESTHE ROOSTER MOTIF IS VERY IMPORTANT TO JAPANESE MYTHOLOGY, THE ROOSTER IS A SACRED BIRD AND IS SYMBOLIC OF COURAGE THROUGHOUT JAPAN, ITS CROWING IS THOUGHT TO HAVE LURED AMATERASU, GODDESS OF THE SUN, OUT OF THE CAVE WHERE SHE HAD BEEN HIDING, AND IS WHY WE HAVE THE SUN RISE EACH DAY FROM THE DARKNESS AS THE ROOSTER BEACONS WITH ITS CROWING JUST BEFORE DAWNGLASSES ARE JUST SHY OF 5\" TallSHIPPING IS TO U.S. DESTINATIONS ONLYMUST HAVE AT LEAST 10 POSITIVE responseS TO BUY THIS ITEM