Description: Handsome one-piece tea ceremony chest made with burled walnut sliding doors, two middle sliding doors with inlaid bamboo, and three burled drawers.
Description: Intricately hand-woven and signed Japanese bamboo ikebana flower arrangement basket. Cross-hatched diamonds and horizontal cross sections. Larger strips give strength to the underside, which is signed Takeichi Sai. Water tight cilyndrical bamboo insert.
Description: Tall, rectangular Japanese porcelain tae pot from the Kutani kilns. Striking slender necked mouth with lid. Signed with the artist's mon on the bottom.
Description: Interesting vintage thin-gage Japanese cha-gama or ortegama (tea kettle without a spout or without handles). There is no spout, but two baku act as handles. Ornate uniform but irregular indentations decorate the side, and there is a nice patina from handling.
