Trays

Museum number:
9-12577a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210912577a@2cb
Alternate number:
3098 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Trays, nested, of lacquered wood. (b) smaller than (a), but identical in shape and decoration; Long, rectangular, straight sides, flat bottom, all corners curved. Base cut in narrower than sides, with curved corner. Very slight lip on outer rim. Very glossy black lacquer ground (kuro-urushi), with painted gold (kingindieqwa) design of hollyhock leaves on scroll like vines on sides and stretching into the interior bottom. Many scratches and chips. Interior bottom of (b) is duller than (a).
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Trays
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Trays, accession number 9-12577a,b, described as Trays, nested, of lacquered wood. (b) smaller than (a), but identical in shape and decoration; Long, rectangular, straight sides, flat bottom, all corners curved. Base cut in narrower than sides, with curved corner. Very slight lip on outer rim. Very glossy black lacquer ground (kuro-urushi), with painted gold (kingindieqwa) design of hollyhock leaves on scroll like vines on sides and stretching into the interior bottom. Many scratches and chips. Interior bottom of (b) is duller than (a).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Trays, accession number 9-12577a,b, described as Trays, nested, of lacquered wood. (b) smaller than (a), but identical in shape and decoration; Long, rectangular, straight sides, flat bottom, all corners curved. Base cut in narrower than sides, with curved corner. Very slight lip on outer rim. Very glossy black lacquer ground (kuro-urushi), with painted gold (kingindieqwa) design of hollyhock leaves on scroll like vines on sides and stretching into the interior bottom. Many scratches and chips. Interior bottom of (b) is duller than (a).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Trays, accession number 9-12577a,b, described as Trays, nested, of lacquered wood. (b) smaller than (a), but identical in shape and decoration; Long, rectangular, straight sides, flat bottom, all corners curved. Base cut in narrower than sides, with curved corner. Very slight lip on outer rim. Very glossy black lacquer ground (kuro-urushi), with painted gold (kingindieqwa) design of hollyhock leaves on scroll like vines on sides and stretching into the interior bottom. Many scratches and chips. Interior bottom of (b) is duller than (a).

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