Pair of Ryukyu lacquer plates Japan, 18th century

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395

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Pair of Ryukyu lacquer plates Japan, 18th century

Short title

Pair of Ryukyu lacquer plates Japan, 18th century

Record number

BATEA : 388

Simple name

plates

Classified name

lacquer; Japan; Ryukyu; bird; insect; floral; peony; pheasant; bee; maple; Edo;

Description

Description part summary

A pair of Ryukyu lacquer circular plates coloured with brown lacquer on both back and front. The fronts are decorated with red, blue, green, light brown and gold lacquers depicting on one a male and female pheasant standing on holed rock from which two peony sprays protrude, with bees above and the cavetto with four sprays of flowers in gold between florettes. On the other plate the decoration is of two phoenixes on rock with peonies under maple tree.

Description material

lacquer with similar cavetto decoration

Description condition

cracking

Description Colour

Aspect	Colour

body	brown
decoration	polychrome

Description length

Description height

2.5cm

Description diameter

29.4 cm

Description width

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