{"product_id":"mizusaki-choju-glass-futa-oki-tea-ceremony-lid-rest-iki-tree-gold-foil","title":"Mizusaki Choju Glass Futa-oki Tea Ceremony Lid Rest Iki Tree Gold Foil","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncluded: tomobako (original wooden box) inscribed \"義山 樹 蓋置 \/ 長寿\" with artist seal, and original cloth pouch.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e[ BASIC DETAILS ]\u003cbr\u003e• Type: Futa-oki (lid rest for tea ceremony)\u003cbr\u003e• Dimensions: Approx. H 5.3 cm × D 5 cm\u003cbr\u003e• Technique: Yoshiyama glass (義山) with gold foil and overglaze enamel\u003cbr\u003e• Condition: Excellent; no chips, cracks, or losses\u003cbr\u003e• Provenance: Tomobako inscribed \"義山 樹 蓋置 \/ 長寿\" with seal; original cloth included\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYoshiyama 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe futa-oki is the smallest utensil in the tea room. Collected, it becomes its most concentrated statement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e【日本語説明】\u003cbr\u003e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。\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e🔹 [ SHIPPING \u0026amp; PACKAGING ]\u003cbr\u003e• Dispatch: Within 1-6 business days\u003cbr\u003e• Carrier: Japan Post EMS \/ UPS (with tracking)\u003cbr\u003e• Packaging: Carefully wrapped with protective materials","brand":"The Modern Zen Archive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61632797901170,"sku":"260302_a_2283","price":1196.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/5680\/3698\/files\/m45920716757_1.jpg?v=1772636602","url":"https:\/\/checkout.themodernzenarchive.com\/products\/mizusaki-choju-glass-futa-oki-tea-ceremony-lid-rest-iki-tree-gold-foil","provider":"The Modern Zen Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}