木目金花瓶|Wood-Grain Metal Vase

Tamagawa Norio 玉川宣夫

2019 · Hammered silver, copper, and copper and gold alloy (shakudō) · Asian Art

In 2010 Tamagawa was designated a Living National Treasure for his distinguished hammering (tankin) technique. He was born in Niigata Prefecture into a family of copperware masters, and from 1963 to 1965 he apprenticed in Toyko with Sekiya Shirō (1907–1994), a Living National Treasure. Wood-grain metal (mokume-gane) is a multi-alloy laminate with distinctive layered patterns, which often resembles the grain of wood or the look of marble.

Artist

Tamagawa Norio 玉川宣夫

Date

2019

Medium

Hammered silver, copper, and copper and gold alloy (shakudō)

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Hayashi Kaoru, in celebration of the Museum’s 150th Anniversary, 2020