Ashmolean − Eastern Art Online, Yousef Jameel Centre for Islamic and Asian Art

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Associated place

Asia › Japan (place of creation)

Date

c. 1900

Material and technique

red lacquer, inlaid with pearl shell, and with hiramaki-e and takamaki-e lacquer decoration

Dimensions

8.3 x 5.2 x 2.3 cm (height x width x depth)

Material index

organic › vegetal › resin › lacquer,

organic › animal › shell › pearlshell

Technique index

covered › coated › varnished › lacquered,

covered › inlaid

Object type index

clothing › personal accessory › sagemono › inro,

container › inro

No. of items

6

Credit line

Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.

Accession no.

EA1956.1743

Glossary (3)

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hiramaki-e, lacquer, takamaki-e

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.
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

- Second floor | Room 36 | Japan

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