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A Natsume
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A Natsume

EDO PERIOD (LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY)

Details
A Natsume
Edo Period (Late 18th/Early 19th Century)
Of typical form with flushfitting lid, black lacquer ground, decoration in gold hiramaki-e, takamaki-e with chrysanthemums and paulownia, the interior nashiji with decoration in gold hiramaki-e of chidori
2¾in. (6.9cm.) high
Provenance
Michael Tomkinson
Literature
Edward Gilbertson and others, A Japanese Collection made by Michael Tomkinson (London, 1898), no. 364
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Lot Essay

The natsume, literally jujube [Chinese date], so called from its resemblance to the fruit, either in this form or a squatter version known as chu-natsume, is the favoured receptacle for the powdered green tea used in the tea ceremony. It is said to be one of the many new forms of tea utensil introduced by the great tea-master Sen no Rikyu (1522-1591)

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