Tray in the form of two rippling lotus leaves, their edges curling and partly eaten by insects. Of carved keiyaki (zelkova) burl wood. Signed on the reverse with a carved signature by the artist: Tesseki and with a kakihan (Ito Tesseki, active early 20th century). Late Meiji era, circa 1890 – 1912.

With a period wood storage box.

Ito Tesseki was a student of Kano Tessai (1845 – 1925), who worked in Nara.