An incredible set of 3 sake cups and a small table dripping with gold on the red and black surfaces enclosed in a period wooden storage box which is in turn enclosed in a red lacquered nijubako storage case. The table is absolutely WOW, cranes soaring over rolling waves on a rocky canyon through which water flows under boughs of pine covered in sheets of kiri-gane gold, plum branches glistening with silver blossoms and golden bamboo.The three cups, held in a drawer inside the storage box, are masterpieces of Maki-e, the festive cinnabar covered in built up designs of a golden landscape with silver blossoming plums and soaring cranes mimicking the design of the stand.The stand itself is a 19 cm (7-1/2 inch) cube, while the cups vary concentrically from 10.5 to 13. Cm diameter (just over 34 to just over 5 inches diameter).All is in perfect condition.
