Sequence board and nine dishes showing lacquer undercoating technique

Object Details

• Description

  (a) = 1 board with lacquer test strips showing typical construction of lacquered objects.

  (b-j) = 9 dishes demonstrating stages of application of lacquer to wood

• Provenance

  To 1979

  John Winter, Washington, DC [1]

  From 1979

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of John Winter, Washington, DC [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  John Winter (1936-2008)

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Dr. John Winter

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

  1970s

• Name

  Winter, John

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Art, Showa era (1926 - 1989), Japanese Art, Lacquer

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)