Japanese Tea Ceremony Natsume Tea Caddy Floral Motif w/ Signed Kiri Wood Box Shinhanga This is a Vintage Chinese

This is a Vintage Chinese Ceramic Red and White Snuff Bottle with lid and spoon in a Gathering of Chinese Buddhist Patriarchs from over the centuries motif

originally cast in the 6th year of the Tenpō era (1835)

This is an vintage Chinese armoire made in the Ming style likely in the early Republic period or mid 20th century

Signature by by Yukawa Seikoku (湯川 清谷 1933 to 2020)

Japanese Tea Ceremony Natsume Tea Caddy Floral Motif w/ Signed Kiri Wood Box Shinhanga This is a Vintage ChineseThis 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 glossy black urushi lacquer. Beautifully decorated with gold Makie in traditional motifs. Having been only very sparingly and lovingly used for decades