Vintage Japanese Lacquer Tea Caddy Natsume Maki-e Bamboo Plum Pine w/ Box Chadansu and compounds

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The ladle is also central to other Japanese rituals

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Vintage Japanese Lacquer Tea Caddy Natsume Maki-e Bamboo Plum Pine w/ Box Chadansu and compoundsVintage 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