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<em>Tiered Food Container (Jiriroko)</em>, 17th–18th century. Lacquered wood, inlaid with mother of pearl, 8 × 15 × 15 in. (20.3 × 38.1 × 38.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Nicholas Grindley, 2019.8.4a-c (Photo: , CUR.2019.8.4a-c_view01.jpg)
Tiered Food Container (Jiriroko), 17th–18th century. Lacquered wood, inlaid with mother of pearl, 8 × 15 × 15 in. (20.3 × 38.1 × 38.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Nicholas Grindley, 2019.8.4a-c (Photo: , CUR.2019.8.4a-c_view01.jpg)
<em>Tiered Food Container (Jiriroko)</em>, 17th–18th century. Lacquered wood, inlaid with mother of pearl, 8 × 15 × 15 in. (20.3 × 38.1 × 38.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Nicholas Grindley, 2019.8.4a-c (Photo: , CUR.2019.8.4a-c_view01.jpg)

Tiered Food Container (Jiriroko), 17th–18th century. Lacquered wood, inlaid with mother of pearl, 8 × 15 × 15 in. (20.3 × 38.1 × 38.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Nicholas Grindley, 2019.8.4a-c (Photo: , CUR.2019.8.4a-c_view01.jpg)

<em>Tiered Food Container (Jiriroko)</em>, 17th–18th century. Lacquered wood, inlaid with mother of pearl, 8 × 15 × 15 in. (20.3 × 38.1 × 38.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Nicholas Grindley, 2019.8.4a-c (Photo: , CUR.2019.8.4a-c_view02.jpg)

Tiered Food Container (Jiriroko), 17th–18th century. Lacquered wood, inlaid with mother of pearl, 8 × 15 × 15 in. (20.3 × 38.1 × 38.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Nicholas Grindley, 2019.8.4a-c (Photo: , CUR.2019.8.4a-c_view02.jpg)

<em>Tiered Food Container (Jiriroko)</em>, 17th–18th century. Lacquered wood, inlaid with mother of pearl, 8 × 15 × 15 in. (20.3 × 38.1 × 38.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Nicholas Grindley, 2019.8.4a-c (Photo: , CUR.2019.8.4a-c_view03.jpg)

Tiered Food Container (Jiriroko), 17th–18th century. Lacquered wood, inlaid with mother of pearl, 8 × 15 × 15 in. (20.3 × 38.1 × 38.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Nicholas Grindley, 2019.8.4a-c (Photo: , CUR.2019.8.4a-c_view03.jpg)

<em>Tiered Food Container (Jiriroko)</em>, 17th–18th century. Lacquered wood, inlaid with mother of pearl, 8 × 15 × 15 in. (20.3 × 38.1 × 38.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Nicholas Grindley, 2019.8.4a-c (Photo: , CUR.2019.8.4a-c_view04.jpg)

Tiered Food Container (Jiriroko), 17th–18th century. Lacquered wood, inlaid with mother of pearl, 8 × 15 × 15 in. (20.3 × 38.1 × 38.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Nicholas Grindley, 2019.8.4a-c (Photo: , CUR.2019.8.4a-c_view04.jpg)

<em>Tiered Food Container (Jiriroko)</em>, 17th–18th century. Lacquered wood, inlaid with mother of pearl, 8 × 15 × 15 in. (20.3 × 38.1 × 38.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Nicholas Grindley, 2019.8.4a-c (Photo: , CUR.2019.8.4a-c_view05.jpg)

Tiered Food Container (Jiriroko), 17th–18th century. Lacquered wood, inlaid with mother of pearl, 8 × 15 × 15 in. (20.3 × 38.1 × 38.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Nicholas Grindley, 2019.8.4a-c (Photo: , CUR.2019.8.4a-c_view05.jpg)

<em>Tiered Food Container (Jiriroko)</em>, 17th–18th century. Lacquered wood, inlaid with mother of pearl, 8 × 15 × 15 in. (20.3 × 38.1 × 38.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Nicholas Grindley, 2019.8.4a-c (Photo: , CUR.2019.8.4a-c_top.jpg)

Tiered Food Container (Jiriroko), 17th–18th century. Lacquered wood, inlaid with mother of pearl, 8 × 15 × 15 in. (20.3 × 38.1 × 38.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Nicholas Grindley, 2019.8.4a-c (Photo: , CUR.2019.8.4a-c_top.jpg)

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Tiered Food Container (Jiriroko)

Asian Art

One of the most typical and prized forms of Ryukyuan courtly lacquerware is the food server, composed of multiple stacked levels and a lid. This fine example is decorated with pieces of seashell, cut and set into the lacquered surface to create delicate landscape and floral motifs. Shell inlay can be found on Chinese and Japanese lacquers of an earlier period, but Ryukyuan artists elected to use very iridescent shells for a dramatic multicolored effect.
MEDIUM Lacquered wood, inlaid with mother of pearl
DATES 17th–18th century
DIMENSIONS 8 × 15 × 15 in. (20.3 × 38.1 × 38.1 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Asian Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 2019.8.4a-c
CREDIT LINE Gift of Nicholas Grindley
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Tiered Food Container (Jiriroko), 17th–18th century. Lacquered wood, inlaid with mother of pearl, 8 × 15 × 15 in. (20.3 × 38.1 × 38.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Nicholas Grindley, 2019.8.4a-c (Photo: , CUR.2019.8.4a-c_view01.jpg)
IMAGE overall, CUR.2019.8.4a-c_view01.jpg., 2019
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<em>Tiered Food Container (Jiriroko)</em>, 17th–18th century. Lacquered wood, inlaid with mother of pearl, 8 × 15 × 15 in. (20.3 × 38.1 × 38.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Nicholas Grindley, 2019.8.4a-c (Photo: , CUR.2019.8.4a-c_view01.jpg)

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