Lot Essay
Kodaiji lacquers take their name from a style of lacquer decoration developed in the Momoyama period.
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THE TEA CADDY EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY); THE TEA SCOOP EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY)
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A Kodaiji Style Tea Caddy (Kodaiji O-Natsume) and a Bamboo Tea Scoop (Chashaku)
The tea caddy Edo period (19th century); the tea scoop Edo period (18th-19th century)
The circular caddy with a flat cover and decorated with hollyhock and chrysanthemum crests in gold takamaki-e on a roiro ground, the interior also roiro; the slender tea scoop gently flaring near the end, turning up slightly with a rounded square tip, and fluted along one side
Tea caddy 3¼in. (8.2cm.) high; tea scoop 7 3/16in. (18.3cm.) long
The tea scoop with bamboo container and with wood box inscribed "Kobori Hosetsu Jo'o chashaku (Tea scoop by Takeno Jo'o [1502-1555], Kobori Hosetsu [1625-1694]) (2)
The tea caddy Edo period (19th century); the tea scoop Edo period (18th-19th century)
The circular caddy with a flat cover and decorated with hollyhock and chrysanthemum crests in gold takamaki-e on a roiro ground, the interior also roiro; the slender tea scoop gently flaring near the end, turning up slightly with a rounded square tip, and fluted along one side
Tea caddy 3¼in. (8.2cm.) high; tea scoop 7 3/16in. (18.3cm.) long
The tea scoop with bamboo container and with wood box inscribed "Kobori Hosetsu Jo'o chashaku (Tea scoop by Takeno Jo'o [1502-1555], Kobori Hosetsu [1625-1694]) (2)