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Description: | Picnic case, consisting of a rectangular open-sided stand in nashiji (speckled gold lacquer), ornamented on top with a man and boy carrying sheaves of rice to a pile within a bamboo grove and on the sides by a bamboo and tree in blossom, all in gold lacquer. Upper left a compartment holding a tray and bowl, tray ornamented with three men threshing rice and bowl by a man in a boat, in golld lacquer, upper right a drawer with red lacquer interior holding four trays all ornamented with birds flying above bamboo and across paddy fields. Lower left a set of four boxes and a lid, interlocking ornamented with numerous figures in paddy fields in gold lacquer. Lower right a box and lid with two circular indentations ornamented with birds flying across paddy fields. Japanese, c1750.
Material: lacquer, nashiji | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.decorativeart&design.2767 | Go to resource |
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