Mother-of-pearl inlayed lacquer tray with geometric designs / Artist Unknown, Thailand
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- Accession Number
- 2005/1.468
- Title
- Mother-of-pearl inlayed lacquer tray with geometric designs
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Artist Nationality
- Thai
- Medium and Support
- lacquered wood with mother-of-pearl inlay
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Thailand (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Thailand (nation)
- Dimensions
- 9.5 cm x 28.5 cm x 28.5 cm (3 3/4 in. x 11 1/4 in. x 11 1/4 in.)
- Century
- Late 19th-early 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Decorative Arts
- Primary Object Type
- lacquer
- Secondary Object Classification
- Decorative Arts
- Secondary Object Type
- tray
- Physical Description
- A square shaped, wood tray with curved corners tray. The interior is red lacquered, and the exterior is coated with black lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlays in geometric shapes.
- Subject Matter
- This type of tray was used to carry offerings to a Buddhist monastery or to place paraphernalia associated with betel chewing, an important social custom in Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries. The use of mother-of-pearl inlayed lacquer ware was widespread among royalty and monks in the 18th and 19th centuries.
- Secondary Keywords
- applied decoration
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- design elements
- fruit
- materials
- materials by origin
- motifs
- nut (plant material)
- objects we use
- plant material
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 3600 x 1937
- File Size
- 928 KB
- Record
- 2005/1.468
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"Mother-of-pearl inlayed lacquer tray with geometric designs; Artist Unknown, Thailand." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2005-sl-1.468/2005_1.468.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 21, 2024.