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SET OF 3 LACQUERED WOOD SAKE CUPS WITH STAND (SC 37)
SET OF 3 LACQUERED WOOD SAKE CUPS WITH STAND (SC 37)

SET OF 3 LACQUERED WOOD SAKE CUPS WITH STAND (SC 37)

$ 26.39

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Condition: SEE PICTURES FOR CONDITION AND DESCRIPTION. NO CHIPS OR CRACKS
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted

    Description

    SET OF 3 LACQUERED WOOD SAKE CUPS WITH STAND.  EACH CUP HAS A FAMILY CREST(kAMON OR MON) ON EACH PIECE.
    THIS CREST IS CALLED "GENTIAN".  QUOTING FROM JOHN DOWER'S BOOK ON CREST: "IN EARLY JAPANESE LITERATURE THE GENTIAN WAS OFTEN USED TO CONVEY A SENSE OF AUTUMNAL LONELINESS.   AS A CREST, IT REPRESENTS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE OF PATTERN WHICH BECAME POPULAR IN THE HEIAN PERIOD FOR PURELY DECORATIVE PURPOSES AND THEN LATER WAS ADOPTED AS A FORMAL FAMILY CREST.  THE GENTIAN CREST IS PARTICULARLY ASSOCIATED WITH BOTH THE SEIWA AND MURAKAMI BRANCHES OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS AND POWER MINAMOTO(GENJI) CLAN, AND THUS CONVEYS TO THE JAPANESE A PARTICULARLY ARISTOCRATIC AURA"
    SEE PICTURES FOR DESCRIPTION..    GRADING. IS SUBJECTIVE, SO PLEASE VIEW SCANS AND YOU  DECIDE.
    PLEASE DO NOT SEND PAYMENT UNTIL YOU HAVE RECEIVED AN INVOICE FROM ME.BRANCHES OF THE
    TEXAS SALES TAX COLLECTED.
    I ACCEPT PAYPAL ONLY.   NO OTHER PAYMENT METHOD IS ACCEPTED.
    NOTE: DUE TO LOSSES AND/OR UNRELIABLE POSTAL SYSTEMS, I WILL NO LONGER SHIP OUTSIDE THE U.S.  THIS INCLUDES CANADA.  JUST TOO MANY HASSLES.