Picnic Set
19th century (Made)
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A picnic set consisting of a pair of bottles, a tiered box, a number of trays and small saucers . The components of the set are carried in a frame with a handle. Decoration of rural motifs celebrating the end of the rice harvest; rice fields with birds, drying rice-sheaves and bird scarers.
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Materials and techniques | Wood covered in black lacquer with gold <i>hiramaki-e </i>(low sprinkled picture) lacquer; silver handle and stoppers. |
Brief description | Picnic set containing a pair of bottles, a tiered box as well as a number of trays and saucers. The lacquered wood design is of drying rice sheaves, Japan. |
Physical description | A picnic set consisting of a pair of bottles, a tiered box, a number of trays and small saucers . The components of the set are carried in a frame with a handle. Decoration of rural motifs celebrating the end of the rice harvest; rice fields with birds, drying rice-sheaves and bird scarers. |
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Accession number | CIRC.235-1922 |
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Record created | December 15, 1999 |
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