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Upper Body Ornament 1995-1

(Japanese, born in 1965)
1995
Country of Origin, for CustomsJapan
Medium/TechniqueUrushi lacquer, hemp cloth, mother-of-pearl, silver hook and eye
DimensionsHeight max. 53 cm; width max. 28.5 cm
Credit LineGift of Tuan Lee
Accession number2019.554
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFirst exhibited in 1995 at the “Contemporary Jewellery Exhibition”, Museum Voor Sierkunst, Ghent, and Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art; Later at exhibitions in New York City, Denver, London, Beijing, Philadelphia, and Tokyo; In 2013, sold by H-art Beat Gallery, Tokyo to Ms. Tuan Lee, Singapore.

NOTE:
Ms. Lee formed her collection of late-twentieth and twenty-first century jewelry, including this object, through purchases from dealers and designers in New York and London.
CopyrightPhoto by Asano Hiroyoshi. Reproduced with permission.
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