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Gunpowder flask with figures in Portuguese dress
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Details
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- Date
- late 17th century - early 18th century
- Material and technique
- wood, covered in black lacquer, with hiramaki-e and takamaki-e lacquer decoration; copper spout
- Dimensions
- 15.7 x 13 x 6.5 cm max. (height x width x depth)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Purchased with the assistance of the Friends of the Ashmolean Museum, 1983.
- Accession no.
- EA1983.243
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Further reading
Impey, Oliver, and Christiaan Jörg, Japanese Export Lacquer 1580-1850 (Amsterdam: Hotei Publishing, 2005), no. 128, p. 82, illus. p. 82
Piper, David, and Christopher White, Treasures of the Ashmolean Museum: An Illustrated Souvenir of the Collections, revised edn (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1995), no. 76 on p. 76, illus. p. 76 fig. 76
Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 24 May 2006-23 December 2008, Treasures: Antiquities, Eastern Art, Coins, and Casts: Exhibition Guide, Rune Frederiksen, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2006), no. 145 on p. 52, illus. p. 52
Glossary (3)
hiramaki-e, lacquer, takamaki-e
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hiramaki-e
(‘flat sprinkled design’) coloured or metal powders sprinkled onto a wet lacquer ground and usually covered with a protective layer of lacquer
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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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