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Mizusaki Choju Glass Futa-oki Tea Ceremony Lid Rest Iki Tree Gold Foil
Mizusaki Choju Glass Futa-oki Tea Ceremony Lid Rest Iki Tree Gold Foil
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Dhs. 1,196.00 AED
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Dhs. 1,196.00 AED
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Glass does not belong to the tea room — until it does. This futa-oki (lid rest) by Mizusaki Choju, titled "Iki" (樹, Tree), resolves that tension through an object of startling chromatic density: a cylindrical glass body lacquered in crackled gold leaf, interrupted by sweeping lines of red-brown that fracture across the surface like branches caught in winter light. The turquoise interior glows when held toward a window. The form is small. The presence is not.
The lid rest sits on the tea mat as the one object whose function is entirely structural — it exists to hold the kettle lid, nothing else — and yet it carries the room's most concentrated color. Mizusaki Choju understood this and answered it with an object that witnesses rather than performs.
Included: tomobako (original wooden box) inscribed "義山 樹 蓋置 / 長寿" with artist seal, and original cloth pouch.
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[ BASIC DETAILS ]
• Type: Futa-oki (lid rest for tea ceremony)
• Dimensions: Approx. H 5.3 cm × D 5 cm
• Technique: Yoshiyama glass (義山) with gold foil and overglaze enamel
• Condition: Excellent; no chips, cracks, or losses
• Provenance: Tomobako inscribed "義山 樹 蓋置 / 長寿" with seal; original cloth included
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Yoshiyama glass (義山) is a Japanese studio glass tradition that applies lacquer techniques — gold foil, urushi — to blown glass forms. The result occupies an intermediate space between ceramics and painting, between East and West, between permanence and transparency. Mizusaki Choju's "Iki / Tree" pattern deploys the branching motif as both literal reference and structural principle: gold cracks like bark, red lines travel like growth.
The futa-oki is the smallest utensil in the tea room. Collected, it becomes its most concentrated statement.
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【日本語説明】
水崎長寿作、義山（ガラス）蓋置「樹」。ターコイズブルーのガラス地に金箔を施し、赤褐色の枝文様が走る意匠。共箱・共布付。茶道具として使用可能なほか、コレクションとして飾っても見映えのする一品です。
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• Dispatch: Within 1-6 business days
• Carrier: Japan Post EMS / UPS (with tracking)
• Packaging: Carefully wrapped with protective materials
The lid rest sits on the tea mat as the one object whose function is entirely structural — it exists to hold the kettle lid, nothing else — and yet it carries the room's most concentrated color. Mizusaki Choju understood this and answered it with an object that witnesses rather than performs.
Included: tomobako (original wooden box) inscribed "義山 樹 蓋置 / 長寿" with artist seal, and original cloth pouch.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
[ BASIC DETAILS ]
• Type: Futa-oki (lid rest for tea ceremony)
• Dimensions: Approx. H 5.3 cm × D 5 cm
• Technique: Yoshiyama glass (義山) with gold foil and overglaze enamel
• Condition: Excellent; no chips, cracks, or losses
• Provenance: Tomobako inscribed "義山 樹 蓋置 / 長寿" with seal; original cloth included
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
Yoshiyama glass (義山) is a Japanese studio glass tradition that applies lacquer techniques — gold foil, urushi — to blown glass forms. The result occupies an intermediate space between ceramics and painting, between East and West, between permanence and transparency. Mizusaki Choju's "Iki / Tree" pattern deploys the branching motif as both literal reference and structural principle: gold cracks like bark, red lines travel like growth.
The futa-oki is the smallest utensil in the tea room. Collected, it becomes its most concentrated statement.
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
【日本語説明】
水崎長寿作、義山（ガラス）蓋置「樹」。ターコイズブルーのガラス地に金箔を施し、赤褐色の枝文様が走る意匠。共箱・共布付。茶道具として使用可能なほか、コレクションとして飾っても見映えのする一品です。
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
🔹 [ SHIPPING & PACKAGING ]
• Dispatch: Within 1-6 business days
• Carrier: Japan Post EMS / UPS (with tracking)
• Packaging: Carefully wrapped with protective materials
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