Cup, Serving Cup, Mukozuke
About 1979 (made)
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| Place of origin |
The curving sides flatten out to a very wide rim with a turned-up eight-lobed edge. Similarly red-lacquered, with two crabs in gold hiramaki on opposite sides of the top of the rim.
Box: Wood box shared with FE.17-1982.
Box: Wood box shared with FE.17-1982.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Lacquered wood, decorated in red lacquer in surikemenuri technique and gold hiramakie lacquer. |
| Brief description | Japan, modern crafts, studio, lacquer |
| Physical description | The curving sides flatten out to a very wide rim with a turned-up eight-lobed edge. Similarly red-lacquered, with two crabs in gold hiramaki on opposite sides of the top of the rim. Box: Wood box shared with FE.17-1982. |
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| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | Scratched mark on base 'MUTSU'. |
| Production | Biographical reference: 'Kyonuri no shinzui: Suzuki Mutsumi shitsugei ten' Takashimaya Department Store (Tokyo,1979): 'Modern Japanese Lacquer Art: A Family of Kyoto Craftsmen', V&A (London,1981). Kyoto |
| Bibliographic reference | 'Kyonuri no shinzui: Suzuki Mutsumi shitsugei ten', Takashimaya Department Store (Tokyo,1979), Pls.34-35: 'Modern Japanese Lacquer Art: A Family of Kyoto Craftsmen', V&A (London,1981), nos. 52 & 53.
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | FE.16A-1982 |
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| Record created | February 12, 2000 |
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