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A METAL CURVED-RECTANGULAR CHAKI (TEA SCOOP) The drawing for the tea scoop presented here is published by
By Kano Natsuo (1828-1898), Edo period, mid-19th century Miyake Teruyoshi, ed., Natsuo taikan: Kengu shitazu soko
Patinated to simulate sentoku, finely engraved in delicate katakiri-bori (A Comprehensive Collection of Natsuo: Preliminary Drawings and Drafts
and kebori with rain falling over a lotus bud and two large partially for Sword Fittings), Tokyo, Chugoku Pearl Hanbai Kabushikigaisha,
worm-eaten leaves, the reverse silvered, signed on bottom right 1990, p.306 (image on far right).
Natsuo koku; with double wood storage boxes, inscribed outside the
lid of the inner box Shinchu [...]te hasu kebori chaki (Brass [...] tea For a similar example, see Tabako to Shio no Hakubutsukan (Tobacco
scoop with design of lotus in kebori), inside the lid with two seals, and Salt Museum), Meiji no chokin: Kano Natsuo to sono jidai
one reading Natsuo. (Metalwork in the Meiji Era: Kano Natsuo and His Times), Kyoto, 1987,
14.7cm x 5.1cm (5¾in x 2in). (2). cat. no.26.

£15,000 - 18,000
JPY2,200,000 - 2,600,000
US$20,000 - 24,000

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