Cup
Lacquered wood: gold lacquer base sprinkled with nashiji koi and gold lacquer decoration with takamaki-e and kirikane.The cup has slightly curved sides and a flat bottom.The black lacquer base is sprinkled with layers of gold flakes covered with transparent lacquer.The dense highlighting features a refined gold lacquer decoration depicting a pumpkin surrounded by large leaves.The nashiji decoration, among the most sought-after for covering the surfaces of objects, is distinguished by the density of the sprinkled powders, which can be sparse (usu-nashiji), medium (chu-nashiji), or dense (koi-nashiji).Surfaces treated in this way resemble the skin of the Japanese nashi pear.
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Japan
Lacquered wood: gold lacquer base sprinkled with nashiji koi and gold lacquer decoration with takamaki-e and kirikane.The cup has slightly curved sides and a flat bottom.The black lacquer base is sprinkled with layers of gold flakes covered with transparent lacquer.The dense highlighting features a refined gold lacquer decoration depicting a pumpkin surrounded by large leaves.The nashiji decoration, among the most sought-after for covering the surfaces of objects, is distinguished by the density of the sprinkled powders, which can be sparse (usu-nashiji), medium (chu-nashiji), or dense (koi-nashiji).Surfaces treated in this way resemble the skin of the Japanese nashi pear. - Schreiber Collezioni