incense container"yabugarashi"Ⅰ
H 2.7 x W 7.7 x D 7.7 cm,Year.2020Kayo Takahashi
1967 -- Lacquerware
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Price Range
$100 - 17,000
Info
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close - Awards at Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibitions : 7
Making pieces using kinma and zonsei, which are techniques where layers of lacquer are applied, patterns are carved with a knife, filled with color lacquer, and finally polished. Mainly using plants for the designs, expressing them with delicate lines and color lacquer.
View DetailDescription
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CategoryLacquerware
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MaterialsZelkova wood, Paua shell, Colored lacquer
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DimensionsH 2.7 x W 7.7 x D 7.7 cm
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Year of creation2020
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Paulownia BoxIncluded
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Artist SignatureSigned
Techniques
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.