Valentine's Day is just around the corner. Here's a perfect and unique gift for your special friend - a 3 compartment heart-shaped bento box. Not only are Japanese lacquer bento boxes elegant and beautiful, but they are also made to last for a long time. You can use it for storing cookies, chocolates or just plain food. Please read more about what makes Japanese lacquer so well known and cherished in the Note.
For sale, Japanese lacquer heart-shaped bento box - flower motif against pink-colored background. This lovely versatile 3-compartment lacquer bento box can be used as three, two or one bento box. Hand washing recommended.
3 compartment bento box
heart-shaped bento box
3 compartments and the lid
B2
Condition: good
Color: pink - outside, ivory - inside
Dimensions: 4.4" length (11 cm); 4.8" width (12 cm); 1.4" (3.5 cm) height of each compartment
Compartments: 3
Price: 3,500 yen
Japanese lacquer ware
Lacquer has been a part of Japanese tradition dating back to 6,000 years. Japanese lacquer is recognized the world over for its aesthetic and technical zenith.
Japanese lacquer comes from the urushi tree as sap. After a long period of aging process from 3-5 years, it can be applied as coating using different methods on countless forms and surfaces. A hardened urushi coating not only gives a high gloss to the finished product but also repels water, resists acid, alkali, salt, and alcohol, and insulates against heat and electricity.
Variation of different methods emerged over time as unique techniques and styles:
Aizu Lacquer Ware
Echizen Lacquer Ware
Hida Shunkei Lacquer Ware
Hidehira Lacquer Ware
Joboji Lacquer Ware
Kagawa Lacquer Ware
Kamakura Carved and Lacquered Ware
Kanazawa Lacquer Ware
Kawatsura Lacquer Ware
Kishu Lacquer Ware
Kiso Lacquer Ware
Kyoto Lacquer Ware
Murakami Carved and Lacquered Ware
Naruko Lacquer Ware
Niigata Lacquer Ware
Odawara Lacquer Ware
Ouchi Lacquer Ware
Ryukyu Lacquer Ware
Takaoka Lacquer Ware
Tsugaru Lacquer Ware
Wajima Lacquer Ware
Wakasa Lacquer Ware
Yamanaka Lacquer Ware
For sale, Japanese lacquer heart-shaped bento box - flower motif against pink-colored background. This lovely versatile 3-compartment lacquer bento box can be used as three, two or one bento box. Hand washing recommended.
3 compartment bento box
heart-shaped bento box
3 compartments and the lid
B2
Condition: good
Color: pink - outside, ivory - inside
Dimensions: 4.4" length (11 cm); 4.8" width (12 cm); 1.4" (3.5 cm) height of each compartment
Compartments: 3
Price: 3,500 yen
Japanese lacquer ware
Lacquer has been a part of Japanese tradition dating back to 6,000 years. Japanese lacquer is recognized the world over for its aesthetic and technical zenith.
Japanese lacquer comes from the urushi tree as sap. After a long period of aging process from 3-5 years, it can be applied as coating using different methods on countless forms and surfaces. A hardened urushi coating not only gives a high gloss to the finished product but also repels water, resists acid, alkali, salt, and alcohol, and insulates against heat and electricity.
Variation of different methods emerged over time as unique techniques and styles:
Aizu Lacquer Ware
Echizen Lacquer Ware
Hida Shunkei Lacquer Ware
Hidehira Lacquer Ware
Joboji Lacquer Ware
Kagawa Lacquer Ware
Kamakura Carved and Lacquered Ware
Kanazawa Lacquer Ware
Kawatsura Lacquer Ware
Kishu Lacquer Ware
Kiso Lacquer Ware
Kyoto Lacquer Ware
Murakami Carved and Lacquered Ware
Naruko Lacquer Ware
Niigata Lacquer Ware
Odawara Lacquer Ware
Ouchi Lacquer Ware
Ryukyu Lacquer Ware
Takaoka Lacquer Ware
Tsugaru Lacquer Ware
Wajima Lacquer Ware
Wakasa Lacquer Ware
Yamanaka Lacquer Ware
