Covered Vessel with Design in Colored Urushi Carving "Jade"

H 4.2 / ø 8 cm,Year.2023
Not for Sale
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Tatsuya Matsumoto

1961 -
  • Lacquerware
  • Public Collections : The Metropolitan Museum of Art etc.
  • Price Range $3,500 - 34,000
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Description

  • Category
    Lacquerware
  • Dimensions
    H 4.2 / ø 8 cm
  • Year presented
    2023
  • Rarity
    Unique

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.

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.

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 40th Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (2023)
  • Selected
Tatsuya Matsumoto

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