Catalogue of the loan exhibition of Japanese works of art and handicraft from English collections, held from October 14th to November 13th
Year: 1915
Type: book
Abstract: A cabinet containing seven drawers.The outside covered with fine-grained nashiji, flecked at the lower part with heavier gold flakes, the base itself gyobu nashiji, the doors decorated with a peacock rising in flight above a clump of azaleas in bloom, the hen standing on the back panel, the sides partly covered with azalea, takamakiye technique right through in gold and silver, the peacock feathers inlaid with aogai eyes.Lock and corner pieces shakudo chased in relief with nanakusa on nashiji, the Japanese Imperial crest on the upper panel.The inner sides of the doors and the outside of the drawers inlaid with pearl butterflies on a ground of clouds, rich muranashiji on black, the handles polished horn set in gold.Coronation present to Her Majesty Queen Mary, from H.I.M.The Emperor of Japan (June 1911).Oblong box, deep Bunko shape, the ground yasuriko on black, decorated in takamakiye with a group of sagittaria, green and red gold, the flowers inlaid mother of pearl ;
Author: [nd]
Language: English
Topic: Japanese History and Culture
Subfield: Cultural Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W2478286249