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Nanban-style lacquered coffer
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Details
- Associated place
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Europe (original location)
- Date
- c. 1600
- Material and technique
- wood, covered in lacquer, and inlaid with pearl shell and shagreen; gilded metal fittings
- Dimensions
- 22.5 x 34.5 x 18.5 cm max. (height x width x depth)
- Material index
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organic › animal › shell › pearlshell,
- Technique index
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covered › metallized › gilded
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Bequeathed by Jeffrey Story and Walter Cook, 1985.
- Accession no.
- EA1985.53
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Further reading
Impey, Oliver, and Christiaan Jörg, Japanese Export Lacquer 1580-1850 (Amsterdam: Hotei Publishing, 2005), no. 336, pp. 149-150, illus. p. 150
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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Second floor | Room 37 | Japan
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Second floor | Room 37 | Japan
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