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Shield with the armorial bearings of Constantijn Ranst
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- c. 1668 - c. 1700
- Associated people
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Constantijn Ranst (1635 - 1714) (commissioner)
- Material and technique
- leather, covered in black lacquer, with gold and red lacquer decoration
- Dimensions
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8.5 cm sight size (height)
54 cm (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Purchased with the assistance of the Friends of the Ashmolean Museum and the MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund, 1982.
- Accession no.
- EA1982.1
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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. 19 on p. xii, illus. p. 19
Impey, Oliver, and Christiaan Jörg, Japanese Export Lacquer 1580-1850 (Amsterdam: Hotei Publishing, 2005), no. 37, pp. 44-45, illus. p. 45
Glossary
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.
Location
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Lower ground floor | Room 3 | Conservation
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Lower ground floor | Room 3 | Conservation
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Oriental Lacquer: Chinese and Japanese Lacquer from the Ashmolean Collections
Leather shield made in Bengal and lacquered in Japan. Decorated with the armorial bearings of Constantijn Ranst, who was "opperhoofd" for the Dutch East India Company on Deshima in 1668 and again in 1687.
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