A Ryukyu mother-of-pearl inlay and lacquer box
A Ryukyu mother-of-pearl inlay and lacquer box

EDO PERIOD (17TH-18TH CENTURY)

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A Ryukyu mother-of-pearl inlay and lacquer box
Edo period (17th-18th century)
The rectangular box with overhanging lid and decorated with grape vines, grapes and long-tailed squirrels in inlaid mother-of-pearl and low-relief gold lacquer, all against a black lacquer ground; red lacquer interior
4 5/8 x 3¼ x 2 1/8in. (11.7 x 8.4 x 5.3cm.)

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The squirrel and grapevine motif is often found on Ryukyuan lacquer of the seventeenth century. The techniques of mother-of-pearl inlay on a lacquer ground and "goldfoil" painting (hakue) were transmitted from China to the Ryukyu Islands, where they were combined in a novel fashion. The gold foil is affixed over designs drawn in clear lacquer. Fine lines are made by scratching through the gold leaf. Antje Papist-Matsuo has suggested that the imagery of grapes (budo) and squirrels (risu) may mirror samurai warrior ideals--a visualization of the popular saying "budo o rissuru" (to master the martial arts).
Box lids with recessed sides, as here, are peculiar to Ryukyuan lacquerware of the Edo period. The inspiration probably comes from Japanese boxes, but the latter would have metal rings on the sides of the box bottom.
For a seventeenth-century stationery box of similar technique, see Antje Papist-Matsuo, A Japanese Taste for Lacquer: The Klaus F. Naumann Collection (Berlin: Musuem für Ostasiatische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, 2006), pl. 48.

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