Woman and Child 鏡

CORMIER, Joseph Jules Emmanuel, called DESCOMPS, Joe. Manufactured by Sèvres コルミエ、ジョゼフ・ジュール・エマニュエルあるいはデコンプ、ジョー　セーヴル製陶所／製造

Kagami (Mirror), has twenty-five seals impressed with lacquer onto the underside of a plate made of bincho charcoal. It was created in collaboration with Living National Treasure lacquer master Kazumi Murose. A seal impression symbolizes the intention and resolution of its owner. It communicates a scene of presence even in the owner's absense. Künzli also noticed the qualities of bincho charcoal, with linkages of countless tubes in cross section in its interior. Likening the charcoal to a black mirror, he made a jewelry piece that connects "here" and "there".

Collection of: Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum
Title: Woman and Child
Artist: CORMIER, Joseph Jules Emmanuel, called DESCOMPS, Joe. Manufactured by Sèvres
Date: 1931
Material & Technique: biscuit
Dimensions: 36×47×14.5cm
Accession Number: 2017-0002
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