Tray on a High Foot with Bamboo and Flowers

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Tray on a High Foot with Bamboo and Flowers

Ryukyu Islands, about 1400-1500
Furnishings; Serviceware
Black lacquer on wood core with mother-of-pearl inlay
3 1/2 x 14 3/8 in. (8.89 x 36.51 cm)
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Michael R. Terk (M.87.268)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Kuwayama, George.  Far Eastern Lacquers.  Los Angeles:  Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1978.
  • Yomigaeru Okinawa.  Okinawa Reborn: Postwar Life Amid the Ashes of War and Loss of Cultural Assets.  Naha-city, Okinawa: Okinawa Prefectural Museum, 1995.