Box with design in urushi carving and kinma. “Sun”
H 9.3 / ø 26.1 cm,Year.2021Masado Fujita
1958 -- Lacquerware
- Awarded 6 times at the Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibition
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Price Range
$7,000 - 21,000
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About the Artwork
I expressed the sunlight in the morning and evening with the line patterns in urushi carving and kinma with different shades of red.
Description
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CategoryLacquerware
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DimensionsH 9.3 / ø 26.1 cm
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Year presented2021
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RarityUnique
Techniques Used
Kinma
There are three basic variations of kinma based on the method used for cutting the motifs: line cutting, dot cutting, and a combination of the two. All three types use a special carving blade known as a kinma ken. Originally, kinma only consisted of motifs made of incised lines. However, by combining a variety of colored lacquers and cutting techniques, the art has lent itself to increasingly complex designs.
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 68th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (2021)
- Selected
