Ojime. Circular wood bead decorated in guri technique with insects and scrolling foliage. Layers of green, red, black and yellow lacquer are carved in v-shaped cuts to reveal the sequence of the layers which are topped in black. There is a stippled effect on the ochre ground.
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Height: 1.7 cm
Width: 1.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
Edo Period (1615-1868)#
1800
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1868
Decoration
composed of
lacquer
( red, black, green and yellow)
Ground
Carving : Circular wood bead decorated in guri technique, layers of green, red, black and yellow lacquer are carved in v-shaped cuts to reveal the sequence of the layers which are topped in black
Accession number: MAR.O.38B-1912
Primary reference Number: 22114
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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