%C2%A9 Suzuki Mutsumi and Suzuki Misako
Tea caddy with clouds, 20th century
Suzuki Mutsumi; Artist: Suzuki Misakoexpand_more
Red lacquer with gold and silverexpand_more
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundationexpand_more 2015.79.426a,b
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Kyoto-based husband and wife team Mutsumi and Misako Suzuki produce lacquerware of original design and subtle beauty. Mutsumi creates the finely carved wooden cores which he finishes in lustrous red or black lacquer. His wife, Misako, decorates the surfaces with designs in sprinkled gold and silver powder. The stylized clouds on this tea caddy is reminiscent of a common brocade pattern used for priests' vestments, and is thus appropriate for the solemn atmosphere of the tea ceremony.
Details
- Title
- Tea caddy with clouds
- Artist Life
- 1942 - 2009
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2015.79.426a,b
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Murase, Art through a Lifetime, no. 806
- Curator Approved
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