Japanese Lacquered Tea/Sake Pot w/ Tokugawa Clan Crest - This black lacquered tea or sake pot has a fitted lid and is gilt around the rim. Believed to be from the early 20th century. The pot bears in maki-e the family crest of the Tokugawa Yoshinobu family which was founded in 1902 when Emperor Meiji permitted Tokugawa Yoshinobu, the last sh�gun of Japan, to found a house with the highest rank of nobility, k�shaku (Prince). The title was officially declared obsolete in 1947, though the family still maintained it until the death of Yoshitomo Tokugawa in 2017. He was Japan's last Shogun. Piece measures 9.5" high and 4.5" wide. Item ships from Las Vegas, NV.

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9.5 x 4.5 in