Title: Antique Red Roosting Hen Chicken Wooden Lacquer Nesting Box
Shipping: $29.00
Artist: N/A
Period: 20th Century
History: N/A
Origin: N/A
Condition: Museum Quality
Item Date: 1900 to 1940
Item ID: 6306
This is an exquisite example of a finely old carved painted wooden lacquer covered box in the form of a roosting hen. The lacquer is carved in fluid detail. It is carved in an abstracted foliate motif. Designed in a detailed geometric pattern. The interior is a simple black and red lacquer. Vintage Antique Wood Chicken Rooster Trinket Storage nesting box. Great looking decor item. High Quality. *All of the art is edited and chosen by us for its high quality and workmanship before posting. These collectibles have been selected with the artist & collector in mind. We are committed to enhancing our customer’s lives by discovering creating, and pointing out only the best art we can find in the world today. We Are Taste-Makers, Art Advisers, Consultants & Publishers Of Spectacular Art Stories. Our job is to be intermediaries between buyers and sellers. We are vetting for high end art patrons. We are determined to catalog the world's most exceptional art and share it with everyone.
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacquerware
Lacquerware are objects decoratively covered with lacquer. The lacquer is sometimes inlaid or carved. Lacquerware includes boxes, tableware, buttons and even coffins painted with lacquer in cultures mostly in the Eastern Asia.
The knowledge of the Chinese methods of the lacquer process spread from China during the Han, Tang and Song dynasties, eventually it was introduced to Korea, Japan, Southeast and South Asia. In Japan, the art of lacquerware-making came along with Buddhism and other cultural artifacts from China via Korean Peninsula during the 8th century, and carved lacquerware came to Japan from Ming Dynasty China during the 14th century. One of the earliest Japanese techniques for decorating the lacquer surface was, besides painting simple designs, the gold and silver foil inlay of the Nara period (710–784). This technique was transmitted from China during the Tang Dynasty (618–907). Many ancient lacquer artifacts of East Asia can be found in private collections and museums, such as the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.
