18～19th Centuries
Gold leaf (hakue)
Height 　25.3cm Diameter 　24.2cm
　
★Urasoe City Tangible Cultural Property
Pail cover, transparent lacquer over gold leaf (byakudan-nuri) with gold leaf decoration, design of landscape with pavilions.

"白檀塗楼閣山水箔絵湯庫（タークー）

　An octagonal, tapering wooden pail cover, enclosing a tin water pail, with a removable handle. The surface design of pavilions in a landscape is carried out in a combination of transparent lacquer coated gold leaf, sprinkled fragments of gold leaf, hakue and black lacquer painting. It was a hot tea container for outdoor use, the equivalent of today's vacuum flask. A similar shaped hot tea container can be found in China, making it an interesting piece in the study of design transmission.

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