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Plate late seventeeth to early eighteenth century
Black, gold and silvery lacquer on wood | 4.2 x 36.6 cm (whole object) | RCIN 11199
Japan
Plate late seventeeth to early eighteenth century
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A large plate with low, rounded well and flat, spreading rim; low foot. Decorated with a landscape with a peasant with hoe and basket on a river bank, thatched huts and pavilions, a large pine tree, and a silver-topped mountain beyond; the design built up in takamakie, a large rock being studded with flakes of gold and silver; the well plain and the rim decorated with a band of lozenges in ovals.
Text adapted from Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen: Volume III.
Provenance
Possibly acquired by George IV. Formerly at the Royal Pavilion, Brighton, and probably sent to Kensington Palace in June 1848: ‘seven large black japan dishes, mainly with landscapes and measuring from twelve to fourteen inches [30.5–35.6 cm]’ (1829A, p. 52).
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Black, gold and silvery lacquer on wood
Measurements
4.2 x 36.6 cm (whole object)
Category
Place of Production
Japan
