Makie O Natsume with Bamboo Motif in Red Lacquer by Reiho Sasaki
Sold – no longer available
This piece was handmade by Reiho Sasaki and was a one-of-a-kind work. It cannot be reordered and will never exist in this form again. The page stays online as part of our archive.
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Details about the sold piece
- Height 7 cm
- Width 7 cm
- Weight 60 g
- Color Brown, Gold, Red
- Item Type Natsume
- Material Wood
- Period of Creation Shôwa (1926–1989)
- Unique Work Yes
- Wooden Box Yes
No longer available
Description
A tea container (O-Natsume) lacquered in warm reddish brown, with a bamboo grove rendered in fine gold lacquer extending over the entire body and lid – the rarer red lacquer ground gives this piece a particularly warm presence.
This Natsume was made by Reiho Sasaki.
The bamboo stalks are executed with varying line density, so that near and distant stalks can be clearly distinguished from one another – a small but effective illusion of depth. The contrast between the deep reddish brown of the lacquer ground and the radiant gold of the bamboo motif makes this Natsume a particularly vivid counterpart to the more commonly found black-grounded variants.
The container comes in a wooden box signed by the master and is suitable both for the tea ceremony and as a stand-alone collector's piece.
