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Antique Japanese Lacquer Bowl, Scabbard Patterns browse these categories for related items... Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Swords and Related: Pre 1920: item # 1120493 Please refer to our stock # MOR3074 when inquiring.
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17 Saya (scabbard) patterns form the walls of this unique lacquer bowl dating from the first part of the 20th century. Carved designs, lacquered or inlayed, filled with mother of pearl or eggshell or flakes of precious metals, a very unique look at the variety of sword furniture available at that time. The rim is red and black Nejiri nuri, with simple black inside and on the base. The bowl is 3-1/2 inches (9 cm) tall, 7 inches (18 cm) diameter and in fine condition, with some wear on the bottom typical of age. It was common for lacquer artists to desperately protect the secrets of their methods, even from their disciples. Some often took these personal techniques gathered and developed over a lifetime with them to the grave. Some of the patterns or techniques visible here are: Kuro Roiro Nuri: The simplest standard of lacquers produced throughout Japan. The standard type of saya seen about the castle, not too ostentatious. Here we have enhanced versions of this with examples of Roiro Tataki Osae or black lacquer paddled while tacking raising the surface and then polished down, as well as Yamiji-nuri black imagery on black lacquer. Nashiji nuri is the style of laying a ground of lacquer then sprinkling powdered metals onto that wet surface. Here are several examples of that technique in various colors including Ichibu Kizami Kuro Urushi Nuri: Ichibu is a term of measure roughly equivalent to 3 millimeters. In this case it is used to denote something extremely fine in grain or pattern. In the case of saya lines running parallel or perpendicular to the length of the saya are called Kizami. There are also the Koshi Kizami and Inro Kizami Styles. Mijin Nuri: A Powdered substance is spread out over the tacky lacquer like nashiji then coated again, ground down and polished. A variation of this is Aogai Mijin Nuri: Mother of pearl is ground into a fine powder and dusted out like nashiji on a tacky lacquer surface, then polished. Wakasa-nuri: Various colors of lacquer are applied over a rough surface, sometimes mixed with aggregates to from a rough surface which is then ground smooth leaving a mottled pattern. Zuiun Mon Kuro Urushi Nuri: Zuiun is an omen of good fortune which expresses itself as a cloud preceding some fortuitous event, here seen as white clouds on a black surface. In addition are various carved techniques and those impersonating wood grain or bark. |
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