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The Ingrams in Japan

A story about Sir Herbert and Lady Ingram’s honeymoon in Japan, where they collected hundreds of objects now in the Ashmolean’s collection.

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Cake dish with opposing crane and turtle, Japan, 1895-1899, (Museum no: EA1956.2016.a)

Collection trails: 43 objects

Sake cup with a scroll depicting a cranetop

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Sake cup with a scroll depicting a crane

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Associated place

Asia › Japan (place of creation)

Date

19th century (1801 - 1900)

Artist/maker

Jōshō Hakusai (active 19th century)

Material and technique

red lacquer, with hiramaki-e lacquer decoration in gold and black

Dimensions

3.2 cm (height)
8.6 cm (diameter)
at foot 3.3 cm (diameter)

Material index

organic › vegetal › resin › lacquer,

processed material › metal › gold

Technique index

covered › coated › varnished › lacquered

Object type index

container › vessel › cup › drinking-cup › wine-cup › sake-cup,

stimulant/narcotic equipment › alcohol equipment › wine-cup › sake-cup,

container › vessel › drinking-vessel › drinking-cup › wine-cup › sake-cup

No. of items

1

Credit line

Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.

Accession no.

EA1956.1809

Glossary (2)

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hiramaki-e, lacquer

hiramaki-e

(‘flat sprinkled design’) coloured or metal powders sprinkled onto a wet lacquer ground and usually covered with a protective layer of lacquer
lacquer

Chinese and Japanese lacquer is made from the sap of the lacquer tree, which is indigenous to Eastern China. It is applied to wood as a varnish or for decorative effect. In India and the Middle East, lacquer is made from the deposit of the lac insect.

Location

- Second floor | Room 36 | Japan

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