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Sweetmeat dish with an antique motif
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The dented and warped dish is intended to give the impression of an antique metal object. The core is made of sheets of hemp cloth soaked in lacquer and hardened over a mould. Any desired shape could be made with this dry lacquer technique. The interest in motifs and shapes from the distant past is one of the characteristics of Japanese modernity around 1930.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineSchaal voor zoetigheden met een antiek motief. c. 1925 - c. 1935. Okumura Kajo. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
