Flat-type tea container (hiranatsume) with geometric designs

三代 前端春斎作　幾何文様蒔絵平棗　

Maehata Shunsai, who was born into a family of wood and lacquer artists, specializes in tea implements that use the technique of “sprinkled pictures” (maki-e). In this technique designs are created by sprinkling gold and other metallic powders into wet lacquer.