Small Box
1850-1900 (made)
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Box and lid in the form of a basket filled with peonies, plum blossoms and narcissi, in gold, white and black lacquer with kirikane on a hirame ground; the sides depict a continuous design of scattered camellia flower heads on running water round the in gold, white and light pink lacquer. The interior of the box and lid are decorated with ferns in two shades of gold hiramaki-e on a black lacquer ground.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Wood covered in gold and lightly-colored lacquer |
| Brief description | Box and lid in the form of a basket filled with peonies, plum blossoms and narcissi, with flower-heads on running water round the sides in gold, white and light pink lacquer, Japan, 1850-1900. |
| Physical description | Box and lid in the form of a basket filled with peonies, plum blossoms and narcissi, in gold, white and black lacquer with kirikane on a hirame ground; the sides depict a continuous design of scattered camellia flower heads on running water round the in gold, white and light pink lacquer. The interior of the box and lid are decorated with ferns in two shades of gold hiramaki-e on a black lacquer ground. |
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| Content description | flowers, peony, chrysanthemum, narcissus |
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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.597-1910 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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