Box
ca. 1775-1850 (made)
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Box for incense in the form of a partly-folded kimono. Wood covered in gold and red lacquer. The kimono is decorated with hanging poem papers and the wheels and water motif (kataguruma) in gold hiramaki-e (low sprinked picture), takamaki-e (high sprinked picture) and kirikane (cut gold), with a red lacquer lining. The interior and base of the box is covered in nashiji (pear skin ground) lacquer.
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 red lacquer. |
| Brief description | Box for incense in the form of a partly-folded kimono, wood covered in gold and red lacquer, Japan, ca. 1775-1850. |
| Physical description | Box for incense in the form of a partly-folded kimono. Wood covered in gold and red lacquer. The kimono is decorated with hanging poem papers and the wheels and water motif (kataguruma) in gold hiramaki-e (low sprinked picture), takamaki-e (high sprinked picture) and kirikane (cut gold), with a red lacquer lining. The interior and base of the box is covered in nashiji (pear skin ground) lacquer. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Liberty
17/9 75 U.CD (A handwritten shop paper label ) |
| Credit line | ? |
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| Accession number | W.149-1916 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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