Miniature Yosegi-Zaiku (Hakone marquetry) chest (2024.22.31.1) with three drawers (2024.22.31.2-4).

Collection type: Object
Description: Miniature Yosegi-Zaiku (Hakone marquetry) chest (2024.22.31.1) with three drawers (2024.22.31.2-4).
Long description: Miniature Hakone-Yosegi-Zaiku chest with three drawers, each with a small metal handle. Made using Sashi-Mono technique, with intricate geometric patterns applied as an outer wooden layer to the internal wooden chest. The patterns consist of diagonal lines of different shades and types of wood, such as Rokkaku Asanoha pattern.
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Person: PRM source Sylvia Platt
Date / Period: 1930 - 1940 Date made: Early 20th Century
Date collected: 1930 - 1940
Acquisition information: Bequeathed: 12 November 2024
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Metal, Process Glued, Process Carved
Dimensions: Width 107 mm, Height 114 mm, Length 178 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2024.22.31.1 Other numbers: 31
Research and responses: In conversation with Dr Clare Pollard, Curator of Japanese Art at the Ashmolean Museum: Chest made using the Hakone technique (Yosegi-Zaiku) from the Hakone Mountain Range.

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