Lot Essay
This refined example of the harigaki technique, first introduced in the Kodaiji-makie of the late 16th century, is applied not over hiramaki-e as it was then, but over gold usu-niku-takamaki-e.
![A rare natsume [powdered tea container]](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2005/CKS/2005_CKS_07050_0078_000(103427).jpg?w=1)
EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
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A rare natsume [powdered tea container]
Edo Period (18th Century)
The black lacquer ground finely decorated in harigaki with chrysanthemums, the hills towards the base sprinkled with small pieces of gold set in fundame, the interior and base in black lacquer, fundame rims
6.1cm. high
Edo Period (18th Century)
The black lacquer ground finely decorated in harigaki with chrysanthemums, the hills towards the base sprinkled with small pieces of gold set in fundame, the interior and base in black lacquer, fundame rims
6.1cm. high
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