Tray
ca. 1850-1891 (made)
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A rectangular tray with a gently curved and everted rim and indented corners. Wood covered in black lacquer imitating metal, decorated with autumn plants in green, silver and brown lacquer on the front right and a poem on the left in gold hiramaki-e (metal or coloured powder sprinkled on to a lacquer design before it has hardened so that it is in low relief), surrounded by a thin border of mother-of-pearl shell (purposely not continuous in places) on a background lighter than the surrounding area. On the back is an inscription in gold hiramaki-e.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Wood covered in black lacquer imitating metal, gold <i>hiramaki-e</i> (metal or coloured powder sprinkled on to a lacquer design before it has hardened so that it is in low relief) and mother-of-pearl shell. |
| Brief description | Woo, Japan, vess/cont/holders, lacquer |
| Physical description | A rectangular tray with a gently curved and everted rim and indented corners. Wood covered in black lacquer imitating metal, decorated with autumn plants in green, silver and brown lacquer on the front right and a poem on the left in gold hiramaki-e (metal or coloured powder sprinkled on to a lacquer design before it has hardened so that it is in low relief), surrounded by a thin border of mother-of-pearl shell (purposely not continuous in places) on a background lighter than the surrounding area. On the back is an inscription in gold hiramaki-e. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Lacquer artist's signature in gold hiramaki-e (metal or coloured powder sprinkled on to a lacquer design before it has hardened so that it is in low relief) (Poem written by the priest Saigyô Hôshi and copied by Zeshin)
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| Object history | V&A Strange catalogue no. 593 |
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| Accession number | W.251-1916 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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