Incense container "common vetch"
H 2.7 / ø 7.7 cm,Year.2025Kayo Takahashi
1967 -- Lacquerware
- Awarded 7 times at the Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibition
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Price Range
$1,000 - 16,000
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About the Artwork
The background is created using charcoal powder, while the common vetch is rendered in mother-of-pearl inlay and a polished *roiro* (glossy black lacquer) finish, together evoking the quiet scene of a plant at night.
Description
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CategoryLacquerware
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Materials
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DimensionsH 2.7 / ø 7.7 cm
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Year presented2025
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Production period6 months
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RarityUnique
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Paulownia BoxIncluded
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Artist SignatureSigned (name of artwork, paulownia box)
Techniques Used
Mother-of-pearl inlay (Raden)
Mother-of-pearl inlay (Raden) is a decorative technique that uses the iridescent inner layer of abalone shell, turban shell, pearl oyster shell, or other mollusk shells. The technique came to Japan from China 1,300 years ago, and pieces featuring mother-of-pearl inlay are included among the artifacts at the Shōsōin Repository in Nara.
Zonsei
In zonsei lacquerwork, the outlines of colored motifs are engraved to produce additional decorative effects. Typically, one of two techniques is used. In the first, the artisan applies the motifs in colored lacquer before using a carving tool called a zonsei ken to incise the outlines of the design or add decorative line engravings. In the second, the artisan creates motifs using the kinma technique, which are then outlined or engraved in the same fashion. Zonsei, like carved lacquer (chōshitsu) and kinma, is a technique associated primarily with Takamatsu in Kagawa prefecture.
