By Saratani Tomizo
Located in Newark, England
Fine Japanese black lacquer natsume by Saratani Tomizõ circa 1970. The lidded tea caddy with rounded edges and flat base with two suzumshi (bell crickets native to Asia) of exceptional detail with long antennae stretching across a large proportional of the box amongst three large foliage branched leaves. The box with a flat raised copper speckled metallic coloured base signed to the underneath. To the interior the box is pitch black in colour with no inside decoration. The original fitted box tied with a single ribbon and signed multiple times throughout. Chinese calligraphy to the wooden box reads ??? Picture of insects/crickets, ??? black, medium sized natsume (tea caddy for keeping powdered tea).
Measurements Natsume 7.2cm High x 6.8cm Wide - Box 9.9cm High 8.5cm Wide
Notes Saratani Tomizo began his career in the 1960s, apprenticing under lacquer artists Saratani Katsuzo, his father, and Suzuki Masaya. He joined the Kyoto lacquer...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Meiji Lacquer Tea Caddies