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Writing box with chrysanthemums
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Details
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- Date
- 18th century (1701 - 1800)
- Material and technique
- wood, with takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, and nashiji lacquer decoration, and inlaid metal
- Dimensions
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with lid 7 x 22 x 18 cm (height x width x depth)
without lid 5.6 x 22 x 18 cm (height x width x depth)
lid 2.3 x 22 x 18 cm (height x width x depth)
tray 2 x 21.1 x 17.5 cm (height x width x depth)
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container › box › writing-box,
- No. of items
- 3
- Accession no.
- EAX.1131
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Further reading
Impey, O. R., and M. Tregear, Oriental Lacquer: Chinese and Japanese Lacquer from the Ashmolean Museum Collections (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1983), no. 14 a on p. xi, illus. p. 14
Glossary (4)
hiramaki-e, lacquer, nashiji, 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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nashiji
(‘pear skin ground’) tiny, irregularly shaped flakes of gold embedded in amber coloured wet lacquer and then polished to a fine sheen
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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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- currently in research collection
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Oriental Lacquer: Chinese and Japanese Lacquer from the Ashmolean Collections
Box with internal tray. Raised lacquer and gold foil decoration of a spray of chrysanthemums, with inlaid metal studs. The tray with a flock of plovers (chidori, wave-birds).
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