Small Box
1900-1925 (made)
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Small, lidded box in the form of a butterfly with outstretched wings, with a design of the Kinkaku-ji (Golden temple), Kyoto, in gold hiramaki-e and takamaki-e lacquer with kirikane on a black lacquer ground; the sides decorated with autumn plants growing round the box. Inside the box is a removeable tray decorated with a landscape and, in the foreground, is a rustic dwelling and a pipe from which spouts water in gold hiramaki-e with kirikane lacquer on a gold on black lacquer ground within a plain border of gold lacquer. The underside of the lid is decorated with butterflies and moths in gold and silver hiramaki-elacquer on a nashi-ji lacquer ground; the interior and underside of the boix are in nashi-ji lacquer.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Wood covered in gold and black lacquer |
| Brief description | Small, lidded box in the form of a butterfly with outstretched wings, with a design of the Kinkaku-ji (Golden temple) Kyoto, in gold and black lacquer, the sides decorated with autumn plants growing round the box; Japan, 1900-1925 |
| Physical description | Small, lidded box in the form of a butterfly with outstretched wings, with a design of the Kinkaku-ji (Golden temple), Kyoto, in gold hiramaki-e and takamaki-e lacquer with kirikane on a black lacquer ground; the sides decorated with autumn plants growing round the box. Inside the box is a removeable tray decorated with a landscape and, in the foreground, is a rustic dwelling and a pipe from which spouts water in gold hiramaki-e with kirikane lacquer on a gold on black lacquer ground within a plain border of gold lacquer. The underside of the lid is decorated with butterflies and moths in gold and silver hiramaki-elacquer on a nashi-ji lacquer ground; the interior and underside of the boix are in nashi-ji lacquer. |
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| Content description | Kinkaku-ji temple, Kyoto |
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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.553-1910 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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