Sake Cup

Item number Ed5.1512 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

Sake cup. Round shallow dish-like cup, on raised single ring foot, of very thin wood, lacquered red-orange. On upper surface is design of two cranes with pine shrubs, in two shades of gold, with touches of red and black. Cranes are in low relief; remainder of design is flat.

History Of Use

This bowl is an example of the takamakie type of lacquer work. Gold is applied over a design in lacquer produced from the relief. Refined sap of the lac tree would be applied in layers over a base of wood or cloth, each layer being polished. The first makie (gold) lacquer work is known to have been produced in the 10th century. Relief makie was first made during the Kamakura period (1185-1338).