Antique Japanese Tobakobon Round w/ compartments & handles Charger both sport determined looks on

both sport determined looks on their delicately painted faces

This vase is 5 7/8" tall by 3" in diameter (15 x 7

This chawan measures 5" in diameter and about 2 3/4" tall (12

Width = 12 3/8"

This is an antique Japanese cup called a Sobachoko (dating back probably to the mid to late Meiji Era (c

Antique Japanese Tobakobon Round w/ compartments & handles Charger both sport determined looks onThis is a solid wood tobakoban originally used to hold lit charcoal on a bed of ash in the copper cup installed into the wood. The coals where then used to light the long tobacco pipes common in the Meiji and Taisho eras. The wood then acted as an insulator to keep the box cool for transport.