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Kamakura Bori Lacquer Celebratory Fish Tray, Tai browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese:Lacquer: Pre 1920: item # 649974 Please refer to our stock # MOR2103 when inquiring.
The Kura 16-1 ShimoWakakusa-Cho Murasakino Kita-ku Kyoto 603-8234 tel.81-75-432-6980 Guest Book 350.00 |
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| A fantastic Meiji-Taisho Kamakura-Bori tray covered in red and black lacquer deeply carved with a Tai (sea bream), whose name has become synonymous with celebration. It is 14-1/2 by 11 inches (36.5 x 28 cm) and in fine condition. Very powerful imagery! Kamakura bori is called such as it was developed in the Kamakura area during the Muromachi period. A thin piece of wood is carved, then lacquered with red and black (and occasionally green or white) lacquer, generally polishing through the upper layers to reveal the color beneath in some areas, causing this effect of shadowing visible on this dish. It certainly gives the dish a sense of age and wear, which strikes a bone with the Japanese aesthetic of Wabi-Sabi. | |||||||
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