Decanter

Description

Decanter (etunup) and lid, black-lacquered wood, cylindrical form with projecting spout and arched handle, circular lid hinged across centre, decorated in gold with maple branches in gold, interior coated with red lacquer, used by Ainu people in ceremonies: Japan, Kyoto, 17th century

Museum reference

A.1909.499.46

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Decanter, Etunup

Production information

Unknown
Kyoto-shi, Kyoto-fu, Japan, East Asia

Date

17th century

Style / Culture

Ainu people (Hokkaido), Japanese

Materials

Lacquer, Wood

Physical description

Black and gold lacquer

Collection place(s)

Hokkaido, Japan, East Asia

Exhibitions

• Living Lands (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

• A Scottish Physician's View: Craft and Spirit of the Ainu from the N. G. Munro Collection (26 Apr 2002 - 01 Sep 2002)
  Historical Museum of Hokkaido
  Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Cultural History

References

A Scottish Physician's View: Craft and Spirit of the Ainu from the N. G. Munro Collection (2002), no. 211 (p.73)

On display

national museum of scotland »
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