Meiji eraEach sloping interior decorated in muted shades of lacquer withfan-shaped reserves of cranes, each accompanied by differentoverlapping small panels featuring small birds and various types offoliage, the gilt ‘star-patterned’ ground framed by a wide brown-huedkey-fret band, the underside of mottled dark-copper red color andcentered by a gourd-shaped mark inscribed Dai Nihon Asano-sei(surface wear, loss of gilt to the rim).14 1/4in (36cm) diameter