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5 cze 2020 · When considering the uses of Japanese lacquer, perhaps the most classic example is the lacquerware bowl. Urushi is ideally suited to such items, producing lightweight, watertight, and of course beautiful tableware.
Marie Antoinette’s collection of Japanese lacquer is fascinating for being comprised of mostly domestic-taste lacquer, rather than the export ware so popular in Europe at the time. The collection is split between the Louvre and the Musée Guimet in Paris, and the palace of Versailles.
25 lip 2023 · Lacquerware is a uniquely East Asian craft with deep roots in Japan. It is commonly seen as tableware like bowls, plates, chopsticks, cups, coasters, and cutlery, along with containers like traditional “jubako,” decorative plates and other ornaments, hand mirrors, tea utensils, vases, combs, trays, and more.
10 kwi 2024 · They commissioned coffers and chests, cabinets, book stands and folding tables, all based on European shapes, but covered in black Japanese lacquer decorated with gold and mother-of-pearl.
18 wrz 2024 · Lacquerware, one of Japan’s oldest traditional crafts, is known for its exquisite sheen and durability. Beyond tableware, lacquered objects have been used as sacred tools and ornaments, becoming deeply ingrained in Japanese cultural practices.
Lacquerware (漆器, shikki) is a Japanese craft with a wide range of fine and decorative arts, as lacquer has been used in urushi-e, prints, and on a wide variety of objects from Buddha statues to bento boxes for food.
25 gru 2023 · Lacquerware, a traditional Japanese craft, gains its elegance and luxury from multiple layers of “urushi (lacquer tree sap).” With use, it becomes even more lustrous and translucent, often lasting 20 to 30 years.
