Dish, serving

Dish, serving

Miniature pieces of wax sushi in a ceramic soy sauce dish A: Soy sauce dish H: 1" Diam: 3" white ceramic dish with shallow straight sides and pedestal bottom; 2 brown crabs with orange dots in the center are painted on the inside of the dish; the sides have ridges and accents of brown glaze B-J: Wax models of sushi approx. 1.25": B: nigiri sushi: silver gray and blue mackerel on white rice C: nigiri sushi: light orange uni (sea urchin) tied with orange strip on white rice D: nigiri sushi: purple white and yellow eel on white rice E: nigiri sushi: yellow with red sprinkling tamago (egg) on white rice F: nigiri sushi: white with red stripes and tail ebi (shrimp) on white rice G: nigiri sushi: dark red naguro or toro (tuna) on white rice H: maki sushi seaweed coated rice roll with tuna in center I & J: 2 pieces of 3 bamboo leaf decoration with tan painted centers paper with shellac

1998.054.009