Box with chrysanthemums and flowing water, 17th century
Unknown Japaneseexpand_more
Black lacquer with gold maki-e; metal fittingsexpand_more
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundationexpand_more 2015.79.389a,b
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The motif of chrysanthemums floating in water, here executed in gold on a black lacquer ground, appears in a variety of Japanese artistic media, including bronzes, painting, lacquerware, and textiles. Introduced to Japan from China as early as the twelfth century, the motif is associated with longevity.
Maki-e (literally “sprinkled picture”) designs are created by the application of gold, silver, and other metallic dust to a lacquer-painted design. It is a technique that has been used in Japan since ancient times.
Exhibitions
Gifts of Japanese and Korean Art from the Mary Griggs Burke Collection
Saturday, September 26, 2015 - Sunday, May 08, 2016
Details
- Title
- Box with chrysanthemums and flowing water
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2015.79.389a,b
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Murase, Art through a Lifetime, no. 751
- Curator Approved
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