Artist:
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Yu_ji Nagata
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Title:
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Takatsuki, one of a pair
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Date:
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Edo period
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Medium:
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Black lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay and sprinkled gold and silver designs
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Dimensions:
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12-1/4 x 10-7/8 x 10-7/8 in. (31.1 x 27.6 x 27.6 cm)
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Credit Line:
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The William Hood Dunwoody Fund and purchase through Art Quest 2001
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Location:
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Gallery 219
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Since ancient times, the Japanese have paid homage to Buddhist deities by making offerings of food on high-footed lacquer stands placed before painted or sculptural images. This pair of ceremonial stands was created in the early eighteenth century by the renowned lacquer artist Nagata Yu_ji, who adorned the background of lightly sprinkled gold with a stylized pattern of chrysanthemums, rendered in gold, mother-of-pearl, and silver. Because chrysanthemums are autumnal flowers, these stands might also have been used by an aristocratic woman to serve sweet round rice dumplings, reminiscent of the full, harvest moon.
Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Nagata, Yu_ji
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Nationality:
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Japanese
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Life Dates:
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active 1711 - 1736
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Classification:
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Lacquerware
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Physical Description:
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round tray with straight, short sides on a tall, round pedestal and wide base; black ground with gold flecks, and gold and mother-of-pearl chrysanthemum design
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Creation Place:
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Asia, Japan, , ,
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Accession #:
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2001.206.1
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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