Vintage Japanese Lacquered Tea Display Box w/ Glass Front Paper This is a very elegant

This is a very elegant rectangular ceramic pot used to plant a medium Bonsai tree

It has Japanese writing on one side and a shop logo on the other

The "fish eye" unglazed area on the bottom was a unique kiln footing design found on late Edo to early Meiji era pottery

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Vintage Japanese Lacquered Tea Display Box w/ Glass Front Paper This is a very elegantThis 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