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Ink Painting and the Rinpa Tradition

Part of a Sunday at the Met held in conjunction with the exhibition Designing Nature: The Rinpa Aesthetic in Japanese Art, on view May 26, 2012–January 13, 2013, this lecture features Yukio Lippit, Professor of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University.

Recorded September 30, 2012

The exhibition is made possible by The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation.
The catalogue is made possible by the Richard and Geneva Hofheimer Memorial Fund.

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Chest with Drawer

Period:: Momoyama period (1573–1615)
Date:: ca. 1600
Culture:: Japan
Medium:: Mother-of-pearl inlay and gold and silver maki-e on black lacquer; gilt copper fittings
Dimensions:: H. 9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm); W. 13 3/16 in. (33.5 cm); L. 19 7/16 in. (49.4 cm)
Classification:: Lacquer
Credit Line:: Purchase, Barbara and William Karatz Gift, 2008
Accession Number:: 2008.182a, b

This artwork is not on display

Description

This luxurious box, richly decorated with mother-of-pearl inlay, is typical of Nanban, Japanese lacquerware made for export to the Western world.
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