Footed Tray, 18th–19th century. Lacquered wood and basketry, diameter: 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Nicholas Grindley, 2019.8.2 (Photo: , CUR.2019.8.2_overall.jpg)
Footed Tray, 18th–19th century. Lacquered wood and basketry, diameter: 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Nicholas Grindley, 2019.8.2 (Photo: , CUR.2019.8.2_top.jpg)
Footed Tray, 18th–19th century. Lacquered wood and basketry, diameter: 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Nicholas Grindley, 2019.8.2 (Photo: , CUR.2019.8.2_detail.jpg)
Footed Tray
Asian Art
Basketry provides an inexpensive and lightweight foundation for many lacquered wares made in the Ryukyu Islands and elsewhere, but in most cases the woven core is masked by a thick outer coating. In this raised dish, basketry forms part of the decoration. The top of the dish is painted in pigmented lacquer. Most lacquer is very sticky, but Ryukyuan lacquer artists developed techniques for manipulating it as a painting medium.
MEDIUM
Lacquered wood and basketry
DATES
18th–19th century
DIMENSIONS
diameter: 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Asian Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
2019.8.2
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Nicholas Grindley
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Footed Tray, 18th–19th century. Lacquered wood and basketry, diameter: 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Nicholas Grindley, 2019.8.2 (Photo: , CUR.2019.8.2_overall.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, CUR.2019.8.2_overall.jpg., 2019
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