Vintage Japanese Tea Ceremony Natsume Summer Flowers w/ Kiri Box 2 3/4” Mizusashi The hand crafted decorations are

The hand crafted decorations are of a Fierce Red dragon in flames coiling around a solid black background

This vase is 6" tall by 3" in diameter (15 x 7

The seat is about 16" high

This sculpture measures 2 1/2" wide 11 1/2" tall and3" deep (6 x 28 x 7

Vintage Japanese Tea Ceremony Natsume Summer Flowers w/ Kiri Box 2 3/4” Mizusashi The hand crafted decorations areThis 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 summer flowers, this is a beautiful example of Japanese lacquer ware. The