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A Japanese Red Lacquer Box-Sgraffito Design of Flowers browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese:Lacquer: Pre 1920: item # 944843 Please refer to our stock # ICHI 933 when inquiring.
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This is a three-tiered Japanese rectangular box that has been covered in several coats of red and black lacquer. The design has then been scratched through the surface to the underlying color – it is a fanciful design of stylized flowers and leaves. The insides of all three sections of the box are executed in gold nashiji (pear skin) lacquer. The box measures 4 1/8’ long by 3” wide by 2 6/8” high. It is in generally good condition – there are stable cracks at two of the corners at the bottom of the box. We date the piece to the late Meiji period, circa 1980s- 1910. Sgraffito is a linear method of decoration in which a surface is scratched through to reveal a different color or texture underneath. There are prehistoric examples of its graphic use in Pyrenean caves. In ceramics the unfired glaze is scratched through to reveal the pottery surface below. Sgraffito can also be used to simulate the effect of a wood engraving. |
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