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The Florence and Herbert Irving Galleries for Chinese Decorative Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
⣏悥㚫喅埻⌂䈑棐ἃ伭ΐ㕗冯崓ỗ䈡ɀ㫸暚ᷕ⚳ⶍ喅棐ᶨ㘗

mother-of-pearl, and an eighteenth-century red lacquer box with painted ox 㓞啷㚜䇚ℐ朊ˤ忁IJĵIJẞᷕ⚳㺮☐㨓嶐ℑ
horn embellishments. The seventy-two lacquers from Japan include more ⋫⸜炻⽆㻊ẋ⇘㶭㛅炻忈㛸ᶵ⎴炻⯌℞㗗
than a dozen Þ ne examples of Negoro ware, noted for its evocative patina 忁IJIJẞ杻⚳㺮☐䁢大㕡㓞啷ᷳᷕ㚨䱦炻ℑ
ẞ㛅歖㗪㛇⳴坢懧䙺ĩᶨ䁢⋩Ḽ军⋩ℕᶾ
of an under layer of black lacquer, showing through the red lacquer surface
䲨炻⎎䁢⋩ℓᶾ䲨Ī炻ᶨẞ⋩ḅᶾ䲨⳴䍛䏩
coating, as well as more than forty superlative examples of late medieval
欇欂䙖坢懧漵䲳䙺炻⎎㚱ᶨẞ⋩ℓᶾ䲨㺮
and Edo-period pieces embellished with pictorial motifs rendered using
䲭䈃奺䲳䙺炻怬㚱ĸijẞ㖍㛔㺮☐炻⊭㊔䲬
gold and silver powder. There are also a few rare examples of so-called
⋩Ḵẞ㟡Ἦ㺮☐炻㗗⛐⶚ἧ䓐湹㺮ἄ䁢⸽
Nanban (“Southern Barbarian”) lacquer, referring to the earliest group of
㺮䘬㺮☐ᶲ炻ℵ㕥ẍ㛙㺮⟿墅䘬ᶨ䧖⟿㺮
lacquerwares produced for export to the West, and a select array of lacquer
㈨㱽ˤ≈ᶲ䲬ĵı⣂ẞ䱦伶䳽ΐ䘬ᷕᶾ䲨㘂
works produced in Okinawa (also known as the Ryukyu Islands).
㛇␴㰇㇞㗪㛇䘬吼丒㺮☐ˤ⎎怬㚱㔠ẞ䍵
The story of the Met has always been punctuated with extraordinary gifts 䦨䘬ˬ⋿埣˭㺮☐炻䁢㖑㛇⮰ὃ↢⎋大㕡
from collectors and supporters committed to sharing the art they love ㇨墥ˤ㚜㚱ᶨ䲣↿䎱䎫㺮☐ˤ
with the public. As we mark the centennial of our Asian Art Department
⣏悥㚫⌂䈑棐㬟⸜Ἦ䚉⍿媠⣂啷⭞␴⍳Ṣ
and celebrate its distinguished collection and the many donors who
䘬ㄟㄐ㋸岰冯㓗㊩炻䚖䘬⛐㕤农≃㕤冯⣏
have contributed to its preeminence today, we particularly honor the 䛦↮ṓ喅埻䘬伶⤥ˤ㬋ῤṆ㳚喅埻悐攨ㆸ
transformational gift of works of Asian art from the Irving Collection 䩳䘦⸜炻ㆹᾹⶴ㛃啱㬌㨇㚫姀⾝㛔棐‹↢

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