Lacquer box

Museum number:
9-12584a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3880 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Box; lacquer globular shaped bottom with recessed foot. Lid has nearly flat top, rounded edge, straight sides. Decoration on lid depicts a pear, leaf, and bug, on a glossy chestnut-brown ground (kuri-iro-urushi). The bug, leaf, and rim are of inlaid mother-of-pearl (ao-kai), the pear: of ochre lacquer. Interior and bottom exterior is of glossy black (kuro-urushi). A few scratches and spots on surface.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan
Collector:
Albert M. Bender
Materials:
Pearl (animal material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Lacquered
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Lacquer box, accession number 9-12584a,b, described as Box; lacquer globular shaped bottom with recessed foot. Lid has nearly flat top, rounded edge, straight sides. Decoration on lid depicts a pear, leaf, and bug, on a glossy chestnut-brown ground (kuri-iro-urushi). The bug, leaf, and rim are of inlaid mother-of-pearl (ao-kai), the pear: of ochre lacquer. Interior and bottom exterior is of glossy black (kuro-urushi). A few scratches and spots on surface.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Lacquer box, accession number 9-12584a,b, described as Box; lacquer globular shaped bottom with recessed foot. Lid has nearly flat top, rounded edge, straight sides. Decoration on lid depicts a pear, leaf, and bug, on a glossy chestnut-brown ground (kuri-iro-urushi). The bug, leaf, and rim are of inlaid mother-of-pearl (ao-kai), the pear: of ochre lacquer. Interior and bottom exterior is of glossy black (kuro-urushi). A few scratches and spots on surface.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Lacquer box, accession number 9-12584a,b, described as Box; lacquer globular shaped bottom with recessed foot. Lid has nearly flat top, rounded edge, straight sides. Decoration on lid depicts a pear, leaf, and bug, on a glossy chestnut-brown ground (kuri-iro-urushi). The bug, leaf, and rim are of inlaid mother-of-pearl (ao-kai), the pear: of ochre lacquer. Interior and bottom exterior is of glossy black (kuro-urushi). A few scratches and spots on surface.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Lacquer box, accession number 9-12584a,b, described as Box; lacquer globular shaped bottom with recessed foot. Lid has nearly flat top, rounded edge, straight sides. Decoration on lid depicts a pear, leaf, and bug, on a glossy chestnut-brown ground (kuri-iro-urushi). The bug, leaf, and rim are of inlaid mother-of-pearl (ao-kai), the pear: of ochre lacquer. Interior and bottom exterior is of glossy black (kuro-urushi). A few scratches and spots on surface.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Lacquer box, accession number 9-12584a,b, described as Box; lacquer globular shaped bottom with recessed foot. Lid has nearly flat top, rounded edge, straight sides. Decoration on lid depicts a pear, leaf, and bug, on a glossy chestnut-brown ground (kuri-iro-urushi). The bug, leaf, and rim are of inlaid mother-of-pearl (ao-kai), the pear: of ochre lacquer. Interior and bottom exterior is of glossy black (kuro-urushi). A few scratches and spots on surface.

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