A JAPANESE BAMBOO TEA SCOOP BY ITO TESSEKI (ACT. 1890-1912)

£200 - £300

A JAPANESE BAMBOO TEA SCOOP BY ITO TESSEKI (ACT. 1890-1912)
MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Finely carved with a still life depicting a basket of persimmon underneath a rocky outcrop, with reishi fungi and bamboo growing to the side and above; inscribed Hyakuji nyoi, Tesseki to (Carved by Tesseki, One Hundred Things come true as you wish), and possibly sealed Koshin, 21cm x 6cm; with a tomobako wood box inscribed Charyo, Tesseki saku (a tea scoop for green tea leaves, made by Tesseki), with the seals Tesseki and another. (2)