Box
Ca. 1775-1825
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Incense box of rectangular form and with an overhanging lid with deep sides, wood covered in black lacquer with an allover design of peony sprays with crests (mon) of the Tokugawa and Ikeda (butterfly) families, on a geometric ground in gold hiramaki-e (metal powder sprinkled on to a lacquer design before it has hardened so that it is in low relief); the interior is in nashiji lacquer (a ground of irregularly-shaped flakes of gold suspended in clear or yellowish lacquer resembling pear skin) and the underside in black lacquer sprinkled with gold flakes (kinpun).
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Wood covered in black lacquer with gold <i>hiramaki-e</i> (metal powder sprinkled on to a lacquer design before it has hardened so that it is in low relief), <i>nashiji</i> lacquer (a ground of irregularly-shaped flakes of gold suspended in clear or yellowish lacquer resembling pear skin) and black lacquer sprinkled with gold flakes (k<i>inpun</i>). |
| Brief description | Box of rectangular form and with an overhanging lid, wood covered in black lacquer, peony sprays with Tokugawa and Ikeda family crests on a geometric ground in gold lacquer, Japan, ca. 1775-1825 |
| Physical description | Incense box of rectangular form and with an overhanging lid with deep sides, wood covered in black lacquer with an allover design of peony sprays with crests (mon) of the Tokugawa and Ikeda (butterfly) families, on a geometric ground in gold hiramaki-e (metal powder sprinkled on to a lacquer design before it has hardened so that it is in low relief); the interior is in nashiji lacquer (a ground of irregularly-shaped flakes of gold suspended in clear or yellowish lacquer resembling pear skin) and the underside in black lacquer sprinkled with gold flakes (kinpun). |
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| Credit line | Salting Bequest |
| Object history | Bequeathed by Mr. George Salting, accessioned in 1910. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. |
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| Accession number | W.224-1910 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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