Vintage Japanese Lacquer Tea Caddy Natsume Maki-e Bamboo Plum Pine w/ Box Chadansu The handle shows a multi-piece

The handle shows a multi-piece break including a curved fracture line and a small missing section along the lower edge

and textile aging expected of antique armor

large gold fern or palm frond forms and scattered iron-red disc roundels animate the warm ground

and the Buddha's footprint

The ladle is also central to other Japanese rituals

Vintage Japanese Lacquer Tea Caddy Natsume Maki-e Bamboo Plum Pine w/ Box Chadansu The handle shows a multi-pieceVintage 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