Vintage Japanese Tea Ceremony Natsume Black Lacquer Bamboo Pine Plum 3” Embroidery 25" (width x height x

25" (width x height x depth) (top 21"H & bottom 21"H)

5" tall by 1 1/8" wide and 1 1/8” thick

well suited to the structured formality of a woven brocade decoration

with the decoration carved or applied before firing

Vintage Japanese Tea Ceremony Natsume Black Lacquer Bamboo Pine Plum 3” Embroidery 25" (width x height xThis 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. Sensu (fan) and Shochikubai (Pine Bamboo Plum Blossom) motif. Includes original kiri wood