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Torao Nakashima | Lidded Box

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Torao Nakashima | Lidded Box
Torao Nakajima | Yamanaka, Japan
Lidded Box
Horse chestnut, metal, lacquer
2.5 x 5 x 5 inches | 6.35 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm

Artist Statement: Nakajima-san saw the deep fiddleback patterning in the wood as representing the traces left by rippling water. On the lid the water seems to flow towards the rim and he has left the opening in the inlaid wire to show that the water flows through.