Vintage Japanese Lacquered Tea Display Box w/ Glass Front Paper Blue & white hand painted

Blue & white hand painted imari ceramic in a maple leaf

made of solid Kiri (pallowina) wood

A beautiful example of samurai craftsmanship

The interior is left white to appreciate your preferred beverage

Vintage Japanese Lacquered Tea Display Box w/ Glass Front Paper Blue & white hand paintedThis is a vintage Japanese Lacquered Tea Display Box w Glass Front used to display tea tools in the chanoyu tea ceremony. It has places for a chawan, mizusashi, hishaku, kensui, natsume, and chasen The wood is lacquered in the traditional Japanese method with over 20 coats of urushi lacquer. This particular lacquer is black. A beautiful example of Japanese lacquerware. Having been only very sparingly and lovingly used for decades this remains in