Box with Design in Jigoemon Lacquering "Light of Dawn - Python VI"

H 9.0 x W 10.9 x D 12.1 cm,Year.2022
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Jigoemon Ohara XVI

1979 -
  • Lacquerware
  • Awarded 5 times at the Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibition
  • Price Range $1,500 - 36,000
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About the Artwork

Switching from the usual palladium to silver, the trail of the moulting painted on with gold maki-e is laid out with iwahirame (“flat-eyed rock”) silver powder. The silver vulcanises as time passes, dividing the silver and gold into yin and yang.

Description

Techniques Used

Maki-e

Maki-e (literally “sprinkled pictures”) is a representative lacquerware technique that originated in Japan around 1,200 years ago. Maki-e is done by painting lacquer motifs on the surface of a piece using a fine brush and then sprinkling gold powder onto the lacquer before it hardens, producing luxurious decorations.

Lacquering

Lacquering (kyūshitsu) is the art of applying lacquer to a substrate using spatulas or brushes. The technique includes a range of processes, from reinforcing the substrate with cloth to building up the foundation and applying the middle- and top-coats. The final coat can be left as is (nuritate), polished with charcoal to a high-gloss finish (roiro shiage), or given one of several hundred alternative (kawarinuri) finishes. Lacquer application is known for both its technical difficulty and richly expressive qualities.

Selected exhibitions

  • The 61st Toyama Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  • Selected
  • photo Box with Design in Jigoemon Lacquering "Light of Dawn - Python VI"
  • photo Box with Design in Jigoemon Lacquering "Light of Dawn - Python VI"
Jigoemon Ohara XVI

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