- Provenance
- Provenance research underway.
- Label
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The hills of Yoshino, in the southern part of Yamato Province (modern Nara Prefecture, were beloved for their scenic beauty and a frequent subject of Japanese poetry. This two-tiered lacquer incense container with a matching small tray is decorated on all sides with a landscape of the hills of Yoshino with its cherry trees in full bloom in spring. The exquisite decoration is executed in gold and silver powder and leaf and a few minute pieces of inlaid iridescent shell. Gold leaf is cut to the shapes of flower petals or to more geometric shapes and placed individually on the lacquer surface.
- Published References
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- Ann Yonemura. Japanese Lacquer. Washington, 1979. cat. 14, p. 30.
- Collection Area(s)
- Japanese Art
- Web Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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