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Footed Tray in the Form of a Chrysanthemum with a Fantastic Animal (Kirin in Japanese)about 1600-1700

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Circular red lacquerware tray with radiating raised petals, gold and black vine-scroll borders, and a central medallion depicting a mythological creature amid gold flames

Unknown, Footed Tray in the Form of a Chrysanthemum with a Fantastic Animal (Kirin in Japanese), about 1600-1700, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Robert and Gwenna Blackmore, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Footed Tray in the Form of a Chrysanthemum with a Fantastic Animal (Kirin in Japanese)
Place Made
Ryukyu Islands
Date Made
about 1600-1700
Medium
Red and black lacquer on wood core with litharge painted decoration (mitsuda in Japanese)
Dimensions
1 1/4 x 12 3/4 in. (3.18 x 32.39 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert and Gwenna Blackmore
Accession Number
M.81.188
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Chinese and Korean Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Phil Freshman. Los Angeles County Museum of Art Report, July 1, 1981-June 30, 1983. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984.
  • 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.
  • Tillerot, Isabelle. Orient et Ornement: l'Espace à l'Œuvre ou le Lieu de la Peinture. Paris: Fondation Maison des sciences de l'homme, 2018.