Name card tray with scene of lake Biwa

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Unno Shomin ( 1844-1915 )

  • Meiji period, 1896
  • gold, silver, alloy, metal carving

Crafts – Metalworks

A tray with various different colored pieces of shibuichi (alloy of copper and silver) are joined together, to express the sky and lake surface, and techniques such as inlay and nanako (impressing small circles on the metal surface resembling fish eggs)are used to express sailboats at Lake Biwa lighted by the morning sun.(「Between Seas and Mountains」2020)

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Title/Name Name card tray with scene of lake Biwa
Other Title/
Name
Artist/
Creator
Unno Shomin
Period/Era Meiji period
Century
Quantity
Dimensions
Material/
Technique
gold silver chasing
Signature/
Inscriptions
Accessories/
Contents
Country/
Origin
Excavation
Site
Related
Place
Ibaraki Tokyo Shiga
Provenance
Collection
No.
SZK000355
Category CraftsMetalworks
Cultural
Property
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2023/03/14

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Name card tray with scene of lake Biwa

Name card tray with scene of lake Biwa

A tray with various different colored pieces of shibuichi (alloy of copper and silver) are joined together, to express the sky and lake surface, and techniques such as inlay and nanako (impressing small circles on the metal surface resembling fish eggs)are used to express sailboats at Lake Biwa lighted by the morning sun.(「Between Seas and Mountains」2020)