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Tea scoop

Tea scoop
(Chashaku 茶杓)
(20th century)

Medium
bamboo

Measurements
1.3 × 17.9 × 0.9 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mr W. P. Wilkinson, 1926

Gallery location
Level 1, NGV International

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Japan

Accession Number
2779-D3

Department
Asian Art

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Physical description
For scooping powdered tea from the tea caddy to the tea bowl, used in the tea ceremony. Length of bamboo, broadened and turned up at one end.