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I know this is years ago, but these are Chinese.
It's a lid. It might be for a chawan mushi cup.
Two persimmon varieties are eaten. One looks like a little pumpkin. The other looks rounder with a pointy bottom. This kind is massaged and dried, and over time, it becomes sweet, and the sugar rises ...
I don't know much, but know that pattern is called Willow. It was popular in England in the 1700s.
Wow! I've seen some that looked like people, and the current stylized Daruma, but this looks like it's in-between.
BTW, what a nice piece!
I cannot read Chinese, but that is Chinese lettering and not Japanese. I can't read Japanese either, except some characters, but it's generally simpler. The strokes in Chinese lettering tend to be mo...
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