Bowl with lacquer lid in red

Bowl with lacquer lid for enjoying miso soups or broths.
Dimensions 9 x 12 cm.

"Japanese cuisine, it has been said, is not something to be eaten, but something to be looked at; in a case like this, I'd be tempted to say: looked at and, better still, meditated upon! Such, indeed, is the result of the silent harmony between the glow of candles flickering in the shadows and the reflection of lacquers." Junichirô Tanizaki, In Praise of Shadows.