Box
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The stark black background of the piece neatly contrasts to the bright hues of the sprinkled gold flakes in hiramaki-e (low-sprinkled picture). The poem depicted around the box, in silver, is subtle with its flowing calligraphic form blending with the branches and delicate form of the cherry tree.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Lacquered wood |
| Brief description | Square two tiered box, wood covered with a sparse nashiji (pear skin ground) background with painted cherry trees in gold lacquer and cherry blossoms in gold foil, over the exterior a poem is depicted in silver across the surface in hiramaki-e (low sprinkled picture), Japan. |
| Physical description | Square two tiered box, wood covered with a sparse nashiji (pear skin ground) background with painted cherry trees in gold lacquer and cherry blossoms in gold foil, over the exterior a poem is depicted in silver across the surface in hiramaki-e (low sprinkled picture), Japan. |
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| Content description | Cherry, trees |
| Summary | The stark black background of the piece neatly contrasts to the bright hues of the sprinkled gold flakes in hiramaki-e (low-sprinkled picture). The poem depicted around the box, in silver, is subtle with its flowing calligraphic form blending with the branches and delicate form of the cherry tree. |
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| Accession number | W.173-1916 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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