Carved-out monoxyle wooden bowl

This rare monoxyle bowl would have been carved from a single piece of wood. The technique, which takes its name from an old method for carving canoes or simple boats, has produced a wabi sabi-like silhouette that suggests the hand of the maker. The bowl was made in the Meiji era, a period of great societal, political and industrial change that laid the foundations for modern Japan. 

In good vintage condition, with some marking just below the rim.

H10 W47 D47cm

J130