Box
ca.1600 (made)
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Cabinet with 9 drawers. Decorated with panels of flowers and foliage within borders of conventional ornament, the top and one side with various birds flying amongst the foliage. Painted in gold and brown lacquer in old style (makkiro) and inlaid with shell on black ground. Copper handles with stamped and dotted pattern. Drawers (8) with ivory handles. Interior and base, black.
The large pieves of mother-of-pearl on the upper panel, and the ivory handles are later additions.
The large pieves of mother-of-pearl on the upper panel, and the ivory handles are later additions.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 11 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | brown and gold lacquer, copper and ivory handles |
| Brief description | Chest of drawers decorated with panels of flowers and foliage within borders of conventional ornament; brown and gold lacquer, mother-of-pearl inlay, copper and ivory handles; Kyoto, Japan, ca.1600. |
| Physical description | Cabinet with 9 drawers. Decorated with panels of flowers and foliage within borders of conventional ornament, the top and one side with various birds flying amongst the foliage. Painted in gold and brown lacquer in old style (makkiro) and inlaid with shell on black ground. Copper handles with stamped and dotted pattern. Drawers (8) with ivory handles. Interior and base, black. The large pieves of mother-of-pearl on the upper panel, and the ivory handles are later additions. |
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| Accession number | W.450:1-1922 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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