Writing Box
1849 (made)
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Wood covered in black and gold lacquer, with applied glazed pottery. |
| Brief description | Lidded box for writing equipment decorated with a sleeping tiger, broom and a rolled scroll in applied wood and glazed pottery on a black lacquer ground, the interior is signed by Ken'ya (the potter Mura Ken'ya) and Kozan in the style of Haritsu, with a date equivalent to 1849, Japan, 1849 |
| Physical description | Lidded writing box (suzuribako) of squared form and with rounded corners and an overhanging lid, decorated with a sleeping tiger, broom and a rolled scroll in applied wood and glazed pottery on a black lacquer ground and underside. The inside of the lid is with autumn leaves and pine needles in glazed pottery and gold takamaki-e lacquer on a mura-nashi-ji lacquer ground, and the interior of the base is divided into three compartments by the addition of two vertical dividers of wood covered in black lacquer, edged to the top with gold lacquer, all on a mura-nashiji ground. A rectangular inkstone, which is inscribed on the back, fits into the middle vertical section of the box's base. |
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| Content description | Autum leaves, broom, scroll |
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| Marks and inscriptions | (The Haritsu mentioned refers to Ogawa Haritsu (1663-1747)/ Ritsuo. According to an anscription on one of Ken'ya's inro, he calls himself 'the last pupil of Ritsuo'.)
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| Gallery label | BOX FOR WRITING UTENSILS
Wood covered in brown-black lacquer with applied wood and pottery
Sleeping cat with a scrolland broom
Signed inside 'made by Ken'ya' (the potter Miura Ken'ya, 1825-1889) 'and Kozan in the style of Haritsu'
The scroll with a date Kaei second year [= 1849]
W.81-1922
Tomkinson Memorial Fund
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| Credit line | Tomkinson Memorial Fund |
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| Accession number | W.81-1922 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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