More maki-e (lacquer)

[gurdymonkey]

This post will be of no interest unless you want to look at pre-1600 examples of Japanese lacquer-ware.
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/asian_lacquer/view_1.asp?item=8&view=l

Autumn grasses motifs like this seem quite popular from what I've been able to find.
http://www.kyohaku.go.jp/eng/syuzou/meihin/urusi/item06j.html

Sake party, anyone? (WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
http://www.kyohaku.go.jp/eng/syuzou/meihin/urusi/item01c.html

This poor, battered thing must've been stunning at one time. The pics are frustrating, but I love those gnarled trees. http://www3.kyohaku.go.jp/cgi-bin/liste.cgi?gazo_no=1&mz_synm=0000005126&bunrui=Lacquerwar&kuni=Japan&limit_no=15

For a Momoyama piece, this is surprisingly simple.
http://www3.kyohaku.go.jp/cgi-bin/liste.cgi?gazo_no=1&mz_synm=0000005132&bunrui=Lacquerware&kuni=Japan&limit_no=20

I do not intend to even TRY to do this to a camp box, but OMG!
http://www3.kyohaku.go.jp/cgi-bin/liste.cgi?gazo_no=1&mz_synm=0000005139&bunrui=Lacquerware&kuni=Japan&limit_no=25

http://www3.kyohaku.go.jp/cgi-bin/liste.cgi?gazo_no=1&mz_synm=0000005555&bunrui=Lacquerware&kuni=Japan&limit_no=70

More chrysanthemums, another very common motif:
http://www3.kyohaku.go.jp/cgi-bin/liste.cgi?gazo_no=1&mz_synm=2000005723&bunrui=Lacquerware&kuni=Japan&limit_no=110

And for something completely different, a 16th century Japanese Christian artifact, a pyx (container for blessed Eucharist wafers):
http://www3.kyohaku.go.jp/cgi-bin/detaile.cgi?fa=c028384&mz_synm=2000015678&gazo_no=1&limit_no=240&bunrui=Lacquerware&kuni=Japan

Comments

[takadai-no-tora.livejournal.com]

The autumn grasses chest and the sake set are just stunning..