Vintage Japanese Lacquer Tea Caddy Natsume Maki-e Bamboo Plum Pine w/ Box Chadansu Keyaki face (Japanese Elm)

Keyaki face (Japanese Elm)

The ladle is also central to other Japanese rituals

and the Buddha's footprint

mid-20th centuryDimensions: 33″H × 20″W × 10″D (84 × 51 × 25 cm)

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Vintage Japanese Lacquer Tea Caddy Natsume Maki-e Bamboo Plum Pine w/ Box Chadansu Keyaki face (Japanese Elm)Vintage Japanese Lacquer Tea Caddy Natsume Maki e Bamboo Plum Pine Gold maki e natsume with auspicious shchikubai motifs Japan, mid20th centuryDimensions: approx. 2. 9W 3. 0H (7. 5 7. 6 cm) This Japanese tea ceremony natsume is finished in deep black kuro urushi lacquer and decorated in gold maki e with flowing vinework and classic shchikubai imagery. Pine needles, bamboo leaves, and plum blossoms appear in repeating roundels around the body, forming