Button Item Number: Ed5.2950 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Round metal button with surface designs in high relief: peonies with leaves arranged on stalk growing from ground. Centres of flowers, four leaves, and bulb in gold inlay; remaining area has blackened finish. Reverse with slightly elevated rim: centre has soldered copper loop attached.
History Of Use
Worn on clothing. Repousse is highly used and treasured decorative method on sword furniture such as the guard (tsuba), hilt, and other mountings, and on armour. Japanese masters in the art of adding coloured metals (uttori) for decorative purposes since Joshin, member of the Goto family (1511-1562), began using this method.
Item History
- Made in Japan before 1980
- Owned by Joan Goodall before December 19, 1980
- Received from Joan Goodall (Donor) on December 19, 1980
What
- Name
- Button
- Identification Number
- Ed5.2950
- Type of Item
- button
- Material
- copper alloy metal, gold metal and copper metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- repousse, inlaid, soldered, chiseled and punched
- Overall
- height 1.0 cm, diameter 3.3 cm
Who
- Culture
- Japanese
- Previous Owner
- Joan Goodall
- Received from
- Joan Goodall (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Japan
When
- Creation Date
- before 1980
- Ownership Date
- before December 19, 1980
- Acquisition Date
- on December 19, 1980
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0694/0009