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Sainsbury's Organic Mango x4

Tray and Storage Box
2009 (designed and made)
Artist/Maker
Toki Kenji (designer and maker)
Place of origin
Sendai (designed and made)

Japan, modern crafts, studio, lacquer; Tray, 'Sainsbury's Organic Mango x4', black lacquer on dry-lacquer core, 2009, by Toki Kenji (1969-), Japan


Object details

Category
Lacquerware
Object type
Tray and storage box
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Tray
  • Storage Box
  • Lid
Titles
  • Sainsbury's Organic Mango x4 (assigned by artist)
  • Suterarenai katachi (lit. 'a form one cannot bear to throw away') (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Lacquer
Brief description
Japan, modern crafts, studio, lacquer; Tray, 'Sainsbury's Organic Mango x4', black lacquer on dry-lacquer core, 2009, by Toki Kenji (1969-), Japan
Marks and inscriptions
  • Title (In black ink on exterior top of storage box)
    Translation
    A form one cannot bear to throw away
    Transliteration
    Suterarenai katachi
  • Artist's monograph (?) in gold maki-e on red on underside of lip at one end of tray
Gallery label
  • Tray, ‘Sainsbury’s Organic Mango x 4’ 2009 Toki Kenji (born 1969) Sendai Lacquer and hemp, covered in black lacquer Given by the maker Museum no. FE.3-2010(04/11/2015)
  • Tray, Sainsbury's Organic Mango x4 Sendai, designed and made by Toki Kenji (b.1969) Black lacquer on a dry-lacquer core 2009 V&A FE.3-2010 Given by the artist (December 2014)
Credit line
Given by the artist
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
FE.3-2010

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Record createdFebruary 1, 2011
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1192514/sainsburys-organic-mango-x4-tray-and-storage-toki-kenji/
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