Chinese Cloisonné Bowl Set of Flowers & Blue Intirior 4" Snuff Bottle Pink tree motif liner

Pink tree motif liner

Soot from the the charcoal fires used inside the house slowly permeates the bamboo surface coloring the bamboo a deep brown color that takes over 100 years to develop

Off-white liner

In the final picture you can see the original box that they bowls have been stored in for over a century

This chest has all its 150 year old deep rich patina over a beautiful persimmon tannin stain

Chinese Cloisonné Bowl Set of Flowers & Blue Intirior 4" Snuff Bottle Pink tree motif linerThis is a set of Chinese ornate red Cloisonn bowls. Flowers in earthy tones with yellows, greens and blues run along the exterior. There is some damage to the interior enamel.