RARE JAPANESE TREE BARK CLOISONNE LACQUER DOCUMENT BOX 19TH CENTURY
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:19790590 | Region of Origin: Japanese |
| Primary Material: Cloisonne | Product: Box |
| Original/Repro: Antique Original | Age: 1850-1899 |
A RARE EXAMPLE OF A RARE PROCESSTHIS IS JAPANESE "TREE BARK" CLOISONNETHIS DOCUMENT IS MAINLY PAPIER MACHE AND THE LID IS DECORATED WITH LACQUER CLOISONNENOT FIRED GLASS IN THE WIRED CLOISONNES BUT LACQUER THE PROCESS IS VERY DELICATE ANDTHIS WAS NORMALLY A DECORATION USED ON PORCELAIN VASES OR SIMILAR OBJECTS SO WHETHER THE TOP IS MADE SEPARATELY AND APPLIED AFTER I DON'T KNOWTHE EARTH COLOURS AND BUTTERFLY SUBJECT ARE ABSOLUTELY TYPICAL OF THE TREE BARK WORKCIRCA 1890'S ...MEIJI PERIOD THIS HAS SURVIVED IN SPITE OF IT'S DELICATE NATURE
LOTS OF MARKS AND SCRATCHES TO THE BOX, CHIPS AROUND THE EDGES ESPECIALLYBLACK LACQUER INTERIORTHE HINGES ARE LOOSE AND THE LOCK HAS NO KEY
PHOTOGRAPHS SHOW THESE DETAILS AND DO FORM PART OF THE DESCRIPTION
UNCLEANED
MEASURES 30 CM LONG 12 CM FRONT TO BACK AND 7.5 CM HIGH ALL SIZES ARE APPROXIMATE
PLEASE LOOK THROUGH ALL THE PHOTOS AS THEY DO FORM PART OF THE DESCRIPTION
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