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Boat-shaped sake flask from a picnic set
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 1801 - 1840
- Artist/maker
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Kajikawa Bunryūsai (active c. 1820)Kajikawa workshop (active 17th - 19th century)
- Material and technique
- wood, covered in black nashiji lacquer, with maki-e lacquer decoration in gold; engraved silver mounts
- Dimensions
- 10.5 x 46 x 17.5 cm max. (height x width x depth)
- Material index
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processed material › metal › gold,
- Technique index
- Object type index
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container › vessel › wine-vessel › wine-bottle › sake-bottle,transport/carrier › vehicle › boat,container › vessel › bottle › wine-bottle › sake-bottle,
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Purchased with the assistance of an anonymous benefactor, 2007.
- Accession no.
- EA2007.106.b
Glossary (3)
lacquer, maki-e, nashiji
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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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maki-e
(‘sprinkled design’) generic term for lacquer decoration using powdered metals sprinkled onto wet lacquer to create a design
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nashiji
(‘pear skin ground’) tiny, irregularly shaped flakes of gold embedded in amber coloured wet lacquer and then polished to a fine sheen
Location
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Second floor | Room 37 | Japan
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Second floor | Room 37 | Japan
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