Tea Caddy
ca. 1977 (made)
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Tea caddy, of nakatsugi form, the lid with a flat top and sharply bevelled edges, wood decorated with abalone shell mosaic set into black lacquer in twelve alternating light and dark bands, composed of a mosaic of shell squares, radiating from the top centre of the lid and running down to the base; the shell is a type of abalone obtained by the artist from Mexico. The interior of the caddy is in black lacquer and the riser in silver nashiji (irregularly-shaped flakes of silver suspended in lacquer resembling the granular skin of a pear). The caddy is contained within a storage box inscribed, 'Yogai so raden omogire nakatsugi' and signed 'Tatsuaki' with red seal, 'Tatsu'.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Wood decorated with abalone shell set into black lacquer, with silver <i>nashiji</i> (irregularly-shaped flakes of silver suspended in lacquer resembling the granular skin of a pear). |
| Brief description | Japan, modern crafts, studio, lacquer; Tea caddy, nakatsugi form, wood decorated with shell mosaic set into lacquer, by Kuroda Tatsuaki (1904-1982), Japan (Kyoto), about 1977; with wooden storage box |
| Physical description | Tea caddy, of nakatsugi form, the lid with a flat top and sharply bevelled edges, wood decorated with abalone shell mosaic set into black lacquer in twelve alternating light and dark bands, composed of a mosaic of shell squares, radiating from the top centre of the lid and running down to the base; the shell is a type of abalone obtained by the artist from Mexico. The interior of the caddy is in black lacquer and the riser in silver nashiji (irregularly-shaped flakes of silver suspended in lacquer resembling the granular skin of a pear). The caddy is contained within a storage box inscribed, 'Yogai so raden omogire nakatsugi' and signed 'Tatsuaki' with red seal, 'Tatsu'. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Storage box inscribed Yogai so raden omogire nakatsugi and signed Tatsuaki with a red seal Tatsu. |
| Object history | Purchased from the maker. |
| Production | Artist: Kuroda Tatsuaki (1904 - 1982) Biographical reference: Maeda Yasuji, 'Kuroda Tatsuaki', no 32 in the series 'Ningen kokuho', Kodansha (Tokyo, 1977). Kyoto |
| Bibliographic reference | John Ayers, 'Oriental Art in the V & A' (London, 198*), p.55.
Maeda Yasuji, 'Kuroda Tatsuaki', no 32 in the series 'Ningen kokuho', Kodansha (Tokyo, 1977), especially plates 14-17. |
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| Accession number | FE.1-1978 |
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| Record created | February 12, 2000 |
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