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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.
Artist or Maker
Yamamura Shinya
Japan, born 1960
Title
Incense Container
Date Made
circa 2005
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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