Antique Hand-painted Asian Buddhist Lacquer Bowl Eastern European watercolor 3 1/2" x 5 1/2"

3 1/2" x 5 1/2" and in overall good shape

with the lovely star made of inlaid mother of pearl bits at center still firmly in place

I think perhaps many things at once

with appliqué triangles forming larger triangles pointing toward the center

Antique Hand-painted Asian Buddhist Lacquer Bowl Eastern European watercolor 3 1/2" x 5 1/2"This Asian lacquer bowl is clearly Buddhist, with the Yin Yang symbol repeating twice on the exterior and twice again on the interior. I love this particular red, and matte finish lacquer in general, and the shape of the bowl, with out turned lip (which I believe denotes it as a monk's bowl, in which offerings would be presented). Plus what looks rather like the face of a tiger at the very center of the interior simultaneously somewhat evocative of a