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Lid of a lacquered jar
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Details
- Associated place
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Europe (probable original location)
- Date
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c. 1680
Edo Period (1600 - 1868)
- Associated people
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probably Dutch East India Company (VOC) (retailer)
- Material and technique
- wood, covered in black lacquer, with takamaki-e lacquer decoration in gold
- Dimensions
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18 cm (height)
21 cm (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Purchased with the assistance of the Story Fund, 1996.
- Accession no.
- EA1996.18.b
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Further reading
Impey, Oliver, and Christiaan Jörg, Japanese Export Lacquer 1580-1850 (Amsterdam: Hotei Publishing, 2005), no. 44, pp. 47 & 164, illus. pp. 47, 164 & 166
Glossary (2)
lacquer, takamaki-e
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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.
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takamaki-e
(high relief sprinkled design’) makie technique in which parts of the design are built up with lacquer mixed with charcoal or clay dust
Location
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Second floor | Room 37 | Japan
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Second floor | Room 37 | Japan
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