Japan: its architecture, art, and art manufactures (1882)
Dresser, Christopher · London, Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 444
ES. 427 box, tazza, or tray ; and each specimen bore the marks of thehammer, hke a modern frying-pan. Silver inlaid sprays, borderedby sunk tool marks, gave relief to the surface (Fig. 182). ButHiroshima work was also characterised by little embossed metalclasps, which overlaid every crack, handle,… … Fig. 181.His Spectacles. Fig. 182.HiRosHiM.-\ Bronze Tazz.\, inlaid with silver. It would take many printed pages to enumerate the excellencesand specialties of Japanese metal-work ; the task, therefore, mustnot be attempted. The wood-carver, the enameller, the weaver,the printer, and others have…
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