Vase
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The neck and foot of this vase are decorated in overlay gilding, a variation of a technique known as nunomezōgan (textile-imprint inlay). In this process, the ground metal is incised with a fine diagonal lattice of vertical and horizontal lines to produce a clothlike grain. Thin gold or silver foil is then inlaid by hammering it into the incised lines.
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