Tanzaku Box with Carved Lacquer "Ko-un Ryusui (Floating Clouds and Flowing Water)"

H 8.0 x W 12.0 x D 41.0 cm,Year.2025
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Shozo Kitaoka

1949 -
  • Lacquerware
  • Awarded 7 times at the Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibition
  • Price Range $4,000 - 38,000
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Description

  • Category
    Lacquerware
  • Materials
  • Dimensions
    H 8.0 x W 12.0 x D 41.0 cm
  • Year presented
    2025
  • Rarity
    Unique

Techniques Used

Carved lacquer

Carved lacquer (choshitsu) is made by first coating a piece in dozens of layers of colored lacquer. Then, a carving blade is used to cut into the lacquer and produce three-dimensional relief carvings.

Selected exhibitions

  • The 67th Shikoku Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (2025)
  • Selected
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Tanzaku Box with Carved Lacquer "Ko-un Ryusui (Floating Clouds and Flowing Water)" Shozo Kitaoka
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