Height: 7.300 cm
(inrō)
Height:
7.300 cm
(inrō)
Asia JA OA+356
Rooms 92-94: Japan
Lacquer inrō
From Japan
18th century
AD
Red lacquer in guri style arabesques
Guri was a lacquer carving technique which originated in China. A number of layers of lacquer of different colours was built up and when these were carved through in intertwined whorls, the different colours were revealed. The matching netsuke, of the manju type (that is, in the shape of a rice dumpling), is also decorated with whorls.
L. Smith, V. Harris and T. Clark, Japanese art: masterpieces in (London, The British Museum Press, 1990)
L. Smith and V. Harris, Japanese decorative arts from (London, The British Museum Press, 1982)
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Modern Japanese crafts, £15.00