1 Set: 4 Golden Pine Bamboo Plum Blossom Lacquer Rice Miso Soup Bowl Bowls 4 Spoons Red/black

This listing is for a lacquer bowl set. They are made in Japan and are widely used in Japan. They are usable as well as artful and collectable. In USA, you can find this kind of bowls that are popularly used in Japanese restaurants as miso soup bowls. This listing is not for ceramic or porcelain bowl set. Lacquer ware has been an Eastern Asian craft with a wide range of fine and decorative arts and dinner ware and other kind of objects for a long history. It was discovered that human being started creating lacquer ware bowls and water jars 7000 years ago. At that time, people took the sap of the lacquer tree to varnish wood objects because the lacquer sap finish was shining, durable, hard and waterproof. People usually used lacquer to finish wooden objects. However, today in modern time, the lacquer can be used to finish objects made of plastic and other materials. Today, the lacquer objects can be dinnerware, statues, prints, and many collectable arts. The lacquer ware technology is most popular in Japan and China. Ceramic and porcelain objects use glaze to finish rather than use lacquer because ceramic and porcelain objects need to be baked in a kiln with thousand degree temperature. Lacquer does not work for ceramic and porcelain items.