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"Large Wakasanuri lacquer tray &lt;br&gt;\r\nJapan &lt;br&gt;\r\nMeiji period, 20th century &lt;br&gt;\r\nLacquered wood &lt;br&gt;\r\nH: 4/5 inch, W: 19 inch, D: 19 inch &lt;br&gt;\r\n&lt;br&gt;\r\nThis tray displays the typical mottled orange, gold and black lacquer technique known as Wakasa-nuri. &lt;br&gt;\r\nWakasa was a provincial lacquer center which developed its own technique. &lt;br&gt;\r\nIn Wakasa-nuri, layers of different colored lacquers (predominantly brown, yellow-gold and orange) were applied to a ground deliberately rendered uneven by applying a paste, such as egg white or chalk, or by the addition of small pieces of egg shell, rice chaff, etc. &lt;br&gt;\r\nVery thin gold or silver foil was then pressed so firmly into this \u201Crelief\u201D that it fit the uneven surface like a skin. Then a coating of transparent lacquer was applied and, after it had hardened, everything was polished down to form a smooth surface. As a result, a mottled effect was created as the layers of colored lacquer under the gold foil reappeared in places to produce rather unusual patterns."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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