Cup with guri scrolling design
Details
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Title
Cup with guri scrolling design
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Associated place
China (place of creation) -
Date
16th century (1501 - 1600) -
Material and technique
wood, covered in lacquer, with carved decoration; silver lining and base
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Object type
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Dimensions
4 cm (height)
6.5 cm (diameter) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Presented by E. H. North, 1964.
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Museum location
Museum department
Eastern Art
Accession no.
EA1964.169
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Catalogue text
Small 'Guri' lacquer cup, on a wooden matrix with metal lining. The lacquer applied in layers of different colours is carved in a formal design to show off the striped effect. Although more popular in Japan, as the name suggests, guri type decoration is not uncommon in Chinese lacquer.
In: Impey, O. R., and M. Tregear, Oriental Lacquer: Chinese and Japanese Lacquer from the Ashmolean Museum Collections (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1983)
Glossary of terms
guri
lacquer
Further reading
Impey, O. R., and M. Tregear, Oriental Lacquer: Chinese and Japanese Lacquer from the Ashmolean Museum Collections (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1983), no. 7 a on p. ix, illus. p. 7
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