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Y A FINE JINGASA WITH MOTHER-OF-PEARL 'MOSAIC' DECORATION JAPAN, LATE EDO PERIOD, CIRCA 1861-1863 Lacquer, wood, leather, mother-of-pearl, gilt, decorated with three 'Kamon' in gold 'Hiramakie' of the 'Toyotomi' family, interior decorated with a 'Tshugaru Nuri' red lacquer, on modern metal display stand jingasa 7.5cm high, 37cm diameter The art and industry of lacquering, although well represented in China, has only been fully and exceptionally developed in Japan. It is said that the use of the lacquer juice was known long ago in the days of Yamato Daké no Mikoto (71-130 AD) who ordered some lacquered toys for his children.
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