Zelkova wood dish by Miyazaki Heiando

Japan, Showa period (1926 – 1989)

Diameter: 12 1/4  inches, 31 cm
Height: 1 1/4 inches, 3 cm

A circular zelkova wood dish with scalloped edge. The wood displays its grain structure to great effect. In the original tomobako, it is inscribed: “Keyaki moku. Koro bon. Miyazaki Heiando. It is stamped with two seals: Kyoto Ebisugawa Sakaimachi, with Miyazaki sei” [Zelkova wood (keyaki in Japanese), a tray for incense burner display, with the seals of their address at Sakaimachi, Ebisugawa, Kyoto, and the seal of Made by Miyazaki].