Lacquer picnic set
Unknown Artist
- Art Funded
- 1964
- Dimensions
- 37 x 32 x 24 cm
- Bequeathed by
- A V Hammond through The Art Fund
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. Part of a gift of seven works donated by Miss A V Hammond through the Art Fund to the British Museum in 1964.
Provenance
Miss A V Hammond.