Lacquer picnic set
Artist: Jamaican
Location: British Museum
Date: late 17th-early 18th Century
Materials: pear skin, laquer, gold & silver
Dimensions: 37 x 32 x 24 cm
Bequest:
Review number: 2178 (1964)
Provenance:
Miss A V Hammond.
Description:
Set in Takamakye technique, consisting of tiered box and lid, 2 bottles, drawer and tray. The case is decorated with gourds in gold on a black ground, the drawer and trays with clematis in gold and silver on pear-skin ground, and the bottles with pear-skin ground.
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