ITEM EXPLANATION
REGION OF ORIGIN : Japan
SIZE
Width 2.8in : Length 2.8in : Height 2.1in : Weight 1.76oz + Box 3.88oz
Width 7cm : Length 7cm : Height 5.3cm : Weight 50g + Box 110g
CONDITION : Good. Used. No serious flaw.
AGE : 1800-1868 (It is the late Japanese Edo period).
This is the old original. This is never an imitation.
MATERIAL : KUROGAKI wood.
It is a black persimmon when KUROGAKI is translated literally. It is a special persimmon wood and is not a common persimmon. That is one of the most popular wood. The contrast of dark brown and light brown is the feature of that. It is the wood of high scarcity value and is used for quality articles in many cases.
TYPE : Natsume (powdered tea container)
ABOUT WORK
This has an old wonderful taste and black grain of wood. It is just antique KUROGAKI wood. And it is a great atmosphere. And this has a very good lacquer work called MAKIE of family crest. It is called AOI-MON. It is the most great crest of the Japan’s greatest Tokugawa family. Therefore this may be a tea utensils related to the TOKUGAWA family. Anyway, this is the real old and high-class tea container seriously made by the specialist.
APPURTENANCES
Storage box
Cloth bag Shifuku
SUPPLEMENTAL
About MAKIE.
It is the one of the lacquer technique in Japan. It is a technique to draw patterns on a lacquerware by gold or silver. And that is incredibly delicate work. Its history is very old. It was very very difficult to repeat the work with facility of old time Japan. It took several months to complete MAKIE. Or several years. So, Japanese lacquerware with MAKIE is very valuable.Please purchase at this opportunity, and add to your tea utensils collection.
NOTICE
In order to avoid a trouble, please be sure to read the following “ABOUT SHIPMENT” etc.
Postal office shipping service is currently suspended. So we using FedEx shipments.
FedEx can ship to most countries, including China, etc.
EMS of postal office shipping service is now available in some European countries.
Please contact us after purchase for shipping details for EMS.
PHOTO
Notice : The actual color may differ depending on your computer and monitor. Please understand enough.
SHIPPING COST of volume weight
2 kg
by FedEx
USA (It depends on the states.)
USD 27.38 (including extra fees)
Europe
USD 28.15 (including extra fees)
Asia
USD 23.29 (including extra fees)
Southeast Asia
USD 25.07 (including extra fees)
Africa, South America
USD 58.30 (including extra fees)
The above costs are estimate. Shipping costs of FedEx vary finely by each country and state.
And depending on the area, out-of-area fees of USD27.10 will be charged.
We do not send invoices on Saturday. We will send all invoices collectively on Sunday.
Therefore, never pay before we send the invoice of exact shipping cost.
And contact us, if you want to know the exact Shipping cost for your country.
ABOUT SHIPMENT
Now, Japanese post office shipment to most countries is suspended. Therefore, we use FedEx shipments.
And FedEx IE (International Economy) shipments are also temporarily suspended.
So, only IP (International Priority) shipments, now.
And due to global emergencies, shipping costs are subject to extra fees.
In particular, the following countries around Asia require many extra fees.
(Indonesia, Wallis and Futuna, Australia, Korea, Cambodia, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Cook Islands, Samoa, Singapore,
Thailand, Taiwan / China, Mainland China, Tonga, Japan, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Palau,
East Timor, Fiji, Philippines, French Polynesia, Brunei, American Samoa, Vietnam, Hong Kong SAR, Marshall Islands, Macau SAR,
Malaysia, Micronesia, Mongolia and Laos. However, some lanes are excluded.)
Postal office shipping services are available in the few countries.
However, all countries have very delayed delivery.
If you still hope a postal office service, please let us know after purchase.
ABOUT COMBINATION SHIPMENT
We can combine multiple items for saved shipping cost. But shipping cost of FedEx is not so saved in many cases.
Because FedEx calculates costs by the volume weight rather than the actual weight.
And we cannot keep an item more than one week from your first purchase.
In addition, do not pay separately, if you hope to combine multiple purchases. Because we can not be combined invoices in that case.
And, if address on PayPal is different from your shipping address, please be sure to tell me correct address by information of PayPal.
ABOUT TAX
We do not know the regulations about Import tax and other tax of your country.
Unless you tell us, we write actual sales price on the invoice. Or we can write a lower price if you wish.
However, if you want to write price that is lower than actual price,
we will not be covered by insurance in that case.
ABOUT PAYMENT
We accept only the payments by PayPal.
Unfortunately, some customers have very late payment or not paid, recently.
That’s just a few customers. Most customers pay immediately.
So if no payment for more than one week after purchase, we will report to ebay as
‘UNPAID’
.
Because we want quick deals and shipping. And we hope to do good deals with all customers.
Please understand it.
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