Goldlackschachtel für Räucherwerk | anonym | 18.Jh. Götter and painted ears of rice

and painted ears of rice onto the silk mount

In the second half of the 19th century

He is a historical figure

deliberately inelegant brush in this calligraphy

dass die Familie Toki ein sehr angesehenes Adels-Geschlecht war

Goldlackschachtel für Räucherwerk | anonym | 18.Jh. Götter and painted ears of riceGold makie is the most precious lacquer technique: gold dust is "sprinkled" onto still wet lacquer makie literally means "sprinkled picture." This centuries old technique has been increasingly developed, so that we can also see semi plastic forms (e. g., relief like plum blossoms) in objects like this one. Through clever optical illusion, we even get the feeling that temple roofs project out of the picture plane. The motif of the decoration is the