Copper and Gold Alloy Tea Caddy with Design in Damascene Inlay "Tide"

Description

• Category
  Metalwork
• Year presented
  2019
• Rarity
  Unique

Techniques Used

Metal overlay

In metal overlay (nunome zōgan), a chisel is used to create patterns of fine crosshatching over which leaves of gold, silver, or lead may be affixed to create decorative surface details. Literally “cloth-pattern inlay,” nunome zōgan takes its name from the distinctive crosshatching pattern used to affix the metal leaf.

Selected exhibitions

• The 48th Metalwork Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (2019)
• Selected