Box with Green Flower Design in Colored Urushi Carving

Museum Collection
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Tatsuya Matsumoto

1961 -
  • Lacquerware
  • Price Range $3,500 - 35,000
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  • Awards at Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibitions : 7

Description

  • Category
    Lacquerware
  • Collection of
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Techniques Used

Carved lacquer

Carved lacquer (choshitsu) is made by first coating a piece in dozens of layers of colored lacquer. Then, a carving blade is used to cut into the lacquer and produce three-dimensional relief carvings.

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Box with Green Flower Design in Colored Urushi Carving Tatsuya Matsumoto
Museum Collection