Box
ca. 1775-1850 (made)
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A square box and lid with bevelled edges and corners, with a design of autumn plants extending from the bottom side over to the top, as well as all other three sides in gold and silver hiramaki-e (low sprinkled picture) lacquer on a black lacquer ground with hirame gold flakes. The interior of the box and lid each depict a maple branch with autumnal red leaves in red and gold hiramaki-e on the same black ground as the exterior; the underside of the box depicts a deer standing and looking towards the bottom right in brown, gold, silver and red takamaki-e (high sprinkled picture) and hiramaki-elacquer on a black lacquer ground with hirame.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Wood covered in gold, silver, brown and red lacquer on a black lacquer ground with flat gold powder. |
| Brief description | Rectangular box, autumn plants in gold and silver lacquer on a black lacquer ground sprinkled with gold powder, with a deer on the underside; Japan, ca. 1775-1850 |
| Physical description | A square box and lid with bevelled edges and corners, with a design of autumn plants extending from the bottom side over to the top, as well as all other three sides in gold and silver hiramaki-e (low sprinkled picture) lacquer on a black lacquer ground with hirame gold flakes. The interior of the box and lid each depict a maple branch with autumnal red leaves in red and gold hiramaki-e on the same black ground as the exterior; the underside of the box depicts a deer standing and looking towards the bottom right in brown, gold, silver and red takamaki-e (high sprinkled picture) and hiramaki-elacquer on a black lacquer ground with hirame. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signed 'Shunsho' with a two-character seal-mark in red lacquer |
| 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.321-1910 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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