Writing Box
1626 (made)
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Lacquered wood |
| Brief description | Writing box, red lacquer with gold and black takamaki-e (high sprinkled design) lacquer with design of dragon and clouds, signed Shimizu Ichidayu Masatomo, Japan, 1626. |
| Physical description | A suzuribako (writing box), wood covered in red lacquer with gold and black takamakie (high sprinkled design) lacquer, decorated with a dragon and clouds on the outside, and asarum and water on the inside in gold and silver lacquer. |
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| Credit line | Spiers Bequest |
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| Accession number | W.2-1917 |
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| Record created | May 15, 2009 |
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