菊花化妆品盒（Tebako） - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	菊花化妆品盒（Tebako）
品名（英）	Cosmetic Box (Tebako) with Chrysanthemum Flowers
入馆年号	2019年，2019.421a–d
策展部门	亚洲艺术（Asian Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1400 - 公元 1449
创作地区
分类	油漆（Lacquer）
尺寸	高 10 5/8 英寸 (27 厘米); 宽 13 3/4 英寸 (35 厘米); 深 8 1/4 英寸 (21 厘米)
介绍（中）	在奈良（710-784）和平安（794-1185）时期，当日本最重要的神社创建时，宫廷贵族向这些神社中供奉的神灵（kami）提供神圣的礼物，包括镜子，剑，珍贵的水晶和化妆品盒。这种漆面化妆品盒（tebako）是作为仪式祭品制作的珍贵物品的罕见例子。这些盒子的概念是神灵可以美化自己 - 类似于将化妆作为仪式和宫廷习俗的朝臣。这种提供精心装饰的漆面化妆品的传统主要持续到桃山时代（1573-1615）的开始。这些特殊订单是由最好的漆师傅使用最珍贵的材料制作的，无论成本如何。这个 15 世纪的长方形深盒子装饰着金色和银色的菊花，在"梨皮"（nashiji）地面上以凸起而扁平的 maki-e 形式执行。它有两个精心制作的镀金金属配件，形状为八朵菊花，围绕中心一朵较大的花朵排列成一个圆圈。盒子及其两个内部托盘 - 一个不寻常的特征 - 有金属边缘。托盘上还装饰着金银菊花，在梨皮地面上以抛光和扁平的卷娇制作。本来应该在盒子里的小化妆品盒和梳子已经丢失了。内衬优雅的锦缎丝绸，点缀着菊花，与漆面装饰相得益彰。菊花是东亚艺术中长寿和好运的象征，指的是菊花男孩（菊岛道）的传说。
介绍（英）	During the Nara (710–784) and Heian (794–1185) periods, when the most important Shinto shrines were created in Japan, the court nobility offered sacred gifts to the deities (kami) venerated in these shrines, including mirrors, swords, precious crystals and cosmetic boxes. This lacquer cosmetic box (tebako) is a rare example of the kind of precious object made as a ritual offering. The boxes were offered with the notion that the deities could beautify themselves—similarly to the courtiers who applied makeup as a ritual and as a court custom. This tradition of offering elaborately decorated lacquer cosmetic sets continued mainly through the beginning of the Momoyama period (1573–1615). These special orders were made by the best lacquer masters using the most precious materials regardless of the costs. This 15th-century, rectangular, deep box is decorated with gold and silver chrysanthemum flowers executed in raised and flat maki-e on “pear skin” (nashiji) ground. It has two finely crafted gilded metal fittings in the shape of eight chrysanthemums arranged in a circle surrounding a larger flower in the center. The box and its two inner trays—an unusual feature—have metal rims. The trays are also embellished with gold and silver chrysanthemums executed in burnished and flat maki-e on a pear skin ground. The small cosmetic boxes and combs that would have been inside of the box since been lost. The inside is lined with an elegant brocaded silk embellished with chrysanthemums to match the lacquer decoration. Chrysanthemum flowers are a symbol of longevity and good fortune in East Asian art referring to the legend of the Chrysanthemum Boy (Kikujidō).