Base of a picnic set in the form of a hull

Details

• Title

  Base of a picnic set in the form of a hull

• Artist/maker

  Kajikawa workshop (active 17th - 19th century)

  Kajikawa Bunryūsai (active c. 1820)

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan › Honshū › Kantō › Tōkyō prefecture › Tōkyō (place of creation)

• Date

  1801 - 1840

• Material and technique

  wood, covered in black nashiji lacquer, with maki-e lacquer decoration in gold; engraved silver mounts

• Material index

  organic › vegetal › wood;

  organic › vegetal › resin › lacquer;

  processed material › metal › gold;

  processed material › metal › silver

• Technique index

  covered › coated › varnished › lacquered;

  printed › intaglio print › engraving

• Object type

  miscellaneous equipment › model;

  transport/carrier › vehicle › boat;

  miscellaneous equipment › picnic-set

• Dimensions

  33 x 74 x 27 cm max. (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased with the assistance of an anonymous benefactor, 2007.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA2007.106.a

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