Japanese Tea Ceremony Hira-Natsume Tea Caddy Hida-Shunkei Lacquer Kokeshi It also has 7 (seven)

It also has 7 (seven) jet black enamel glazed circles giving this vase modernist intrigue

Beautiful deeply carved relief of bamboo and a flower

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

This 18th century portable calligraphy tansu has three drawers and a lidded top section

It retains the remnant of the stamped seal indicating it was permitted for export when it was put up for sale in the early or mid 20th century

Japanese Tea Ceremony Hira-Natsume Tea Caddy Hida-Shunkei Lacquer Kokeshi It also has 7 (seven)This 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 as many as 20 coats of clear urushi lacquer. Beautifully decorated in traditional Shunkei urushi lacquer from the Hida Takayama region that shows the Hinoki Cypress