Japanese Tea Ceremony Natsume Fishing Nets Drying in Gold Makie w/Box 4” Itomasu This is a vintage Chinese

This is a vintage Chinese hand woven lidded box

Legs have a subtle but elegant flare

Japanese lacquer from the this era was considered the finest ever made

5 cm) by 13" wide (33 cm) by 9" tall (23 cm )(16" tall (40

Japanese Tea Ceremony Natsume Fishing Nets Drying in Gold Makie w/Box 4” Itomasu 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 urushi lacquer. This particular lacquer is beige and decorated with fishing nets drying out on sticks, (as fishermen once did on beaches after a days