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Lacquering and Lacquer Techniques
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Wood with lacquer and gold and silver powders (mounted on two boards with plexi covers), Japan
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Mutsumi and Misako Suzuki 1980
Title: Lacquering and Lacquer Techniques
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Wood with lacquer and gold and silver powders (mounted on two boards with plexi covers), Japan.
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