Japanese Tea Ceremony Natsume Black Laquer Gold Maki-e Bamboo Grove w/Box 4” Kokeshi Made with wooden pin construction

Made with wooden pin construction

This is a beautiful example of Japanese carving and lacquer ware

a respected 20th-century publisher founded in the late 1920s and known for exacting hand-printed editions faithfully recreating historic blocks

With only a tiny surface chip and some wear from use it remains in overall good condition

Japanese Tea Ceremony Natsume Black Laquer Gold Maki-e Bamboo Grove w/Box 4” Kokeshi Made with wooden pin constructionThis is a vintage Japanese chu natsume or tea caddy used in the chanoyu tea ceremony. It holds the powdered green tea called matcha. A quality natsume such as this is made of turn wood, typically hinoki or Japanese cypress. The wood is lacquered in the traditional Japanese method with over 20 coats of urushi lacquer. This particular lacquer is black and decorated in a makie gold bamboo with mother of pearl inlay motif, this is a beautiful example of