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Yamamura Shinya
Incense Containercirca 2005

Not on view
Egg-shaped ceramic vessel resting on its side, with a rough charcoal exterior and an interior face inlaid with tightly packed curved stripes in blue, green, lavender, and yellow
Japanese lacquer box shown open, with lid and base separated, displaying a rounded trapezoidal form with deep brown nashiji (gold-flecked) ground and scattered small gold square inlays; interior reveals a fitted rectangular tray.
Two crescent-shaped vessel forms on a white surface; the upper piece features densely packed iridescent stripes in blue, purple, and gold; the lower piece has a heavily textured dark metallic surface with organic, lichen-like relief patterns.
Two leaf-shaped lacquerware vessels on a white surface. The upper piece features fine diagonal stripes in iridescent blue, purple, pink, and gold. The lower vessel is open, showing a speckled gold and copper interior with small gold inlays, and a rough stone-textured exterior.
Small lacquer tray in a folded leaf or clam-shell form, covered in warm golden-brown nashiji sprinkled lacquer with scattered rectangular and linear gold flakes throughout the surface.
Ceramic vessel with asymmetric crescent form, opening to a square interior cavity. Speckled gold and dark brown glaze covers the surface, decorated with inlaid gold foil squares and thin gold lines. The base has a rough, dark gray textured finish contrasting with the polished upper surface.

Yamamura Shinya, Incense Container, circa 2005, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Jacqueline Avant, Jan Cobert, and Sue Tsao in honor of Hollis Goodall, Curator, Japanese Art, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Yamamura Shinya
Japan, born 1960
Title
Incense Container
Date Made
circa 2005
Period
Heisei period (1989-2019)
Medium
Lacquer, gold maki-e, raden
Dimensions
a) Lid: 2 1/8 x 2 7/8 in. b) Base: 2 3/8 × 2 7/8 × 1 7/8 in.
Credit Line
Gift of Jacqueline Avant, Jan Cobert, and Sue Tsao in honor of Hollis Goodall, Curator, Japanese Art
Accession Number
M.2008.15a-b
Classification
Lacquer
Collecting Area
Japanese Art

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