Stand: MAR.O.167-1912

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Maker(s)

Entities

Stand

Description

Stand, lacquer. Circular, standing on a trumpet-shaped foot. The black roiro ground (black lacquer polished to a deep gloss) is decorated in hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design) in gold of two tone with scrolling paulownia branches, leaves, fruit and tendrils. Some of the leaves are in nashiji (shimmering spangles). The rim is gold. The roiro ground underside is undecorated.

Legal notes

C.B. Marlay Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 30.2 cm
Height: 16.8 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley

Dating

Edo Period (1615-1868)#
Circa 1700 - 1868

Components of the work

Decoration

Materials used in production

Lacquer

Techniques used in production

Lacquering : Stand, lacquer, black roiro ground (black lacquer polished to a deep gloss) is decorated in hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design), some leaves in nashiji (shimmering spangles)

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: brown luggage label

Text: Fruit or sweet stand. To be kept. O.C. Raphael, July, 1934. Marlay Bequest, 1912
Location: Tied around waist with ribbon
Method of creation: Inscribed
Type: Label