Vintage Japanese Tea Ceremony Natsume Black Lacquer Gold Bamboo Maki-e 3" Laquer Very intricately made with wide

Very intricately made with wide strips of woven split bamboo

This exquisite piece of 100 year old antique Japanese cotton fabric features woven dyed cotton fabric created using the traditional kasuri dyeing technique

leaving behind a significant legacy in the art world

This is a set of three Japanese sakazuki (sake cups)

stopper present

Vintage Japanese Tea Ceremony Natsume Black Lacquer Gold Bamboo Maki-e 3" Laquer Very intricately made with wideThis 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. Beautifully decorated in traditional motifs. Having been only very sparingly and lovingly used for decades this natsume remains in fine