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Covered box with inset tray

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Covered box with inset tray

18th century

Japanese

Each lacquer piece is decorated with designs made by scattering bronze particles directly onto the soft lacquer in a technique known as maki-e, literally "sprinkled picture." Invented in the Heian period (794-1185), this technique was brought to new heights in the Edo period by artists such as Koami and Igarashi Shinsai.

Lacquer and bronze
3 x 2 1/2 in. (7.62 x 6.4cm)
Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection
34.81.6
location
Not currently on view

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