Vintage Japanese Hand Made Wood Hida Shunkei Lacquer Chataku Tea Saucer Table Decorated with chrysanthemums

Decorated with chrysanthemums

There are no stamps on the back

A very auspicious motif called Shochikubai

and highly

This tsuba shows some wear from use

Vintage Japanese Hand Made Wood Hida Shunkei Lacquer Chataku Tea Saucer Table Decorated with chrysanthemumsThis is a vintage Japanese wooden lacquered saucer for sencha styled tea cups called a Chataku . It is made of Hida Shunkei lacquer ware and hand crafted in Gifu prefecture in the early. This type of natural lacquer ware has been famous in Japan for centuries. What makes Hida Shunkei lacquer ware so special is the way that the beauty of the surface of the wood is brought out by the application of a transparent coating of lacquer. It is produced by a