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A Japanese Lacquered dish (© V&A Picture Library)
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© V&A Picture Library

A Japanese Lacquered dish

Artist: Japanese

Location: Victoria and Albert Museum

Date: 1575 - 1614

Materials: wood inlaid with mother-of-pearl

Grant:

Amount Paid: £12 (Total: £12)

Review number: 1873 (1957)

Provenance:
Earl Fitzwilliam; Wentworth Woodhouse.

Description:
The form is copied from a late 16th or early 17th century silver basin of Dutch or Portugese origin. Must date from before expulsion of the Jesuits from Japan in 1614.

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