Paper Box
ca. 1850-1900 (made)
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Paper box (bunko) of rectangular form and with rounded corners, decorated with a scene of flowering wild cherry (yamazakura) trees, rocks and banks by a stream, with the theme and techniques being continued round the sides of the box in gold and silver hiramaki-e and takamaki-e lacquer, with kirikane, and with hirame on a black lacquer ground. The inside of the lid continues the subject and techniques, except that it is on a nashi-ji lacquer ground, with the rest of the interior being in nashi-ji 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 lacquer |
| Brief description | Paper box, wild cherry trees by a stream with the design continuing round the sides, in gold, silver and black lacquer, Japan, ca. 1850-1900.Japan, ca. 1850-1900. |
| Physical description | Paper box (bunko) of rectangular form and with rounded corners, decorated with a scene of flowering wild cherry (yamazakura) trees, rocks and banks by a stream, with the theme and techniques being continued round the sides of the box in gold and silver hiramaki-e and takamaki-e lacquer, with kirikane, and with hirame on a black lacquer ground. The inside of the lid continues the subject and techniques, except that it is on a nashi-ji lacquer ground, with the rest of the interior being in nashi-ji lacquer. |
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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. Exhibited at the Burlington Fine Arts Club Exhibition, 1894, No. 18.;; |
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| Accession number | W.190-1910 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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