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Source Description
A gold lacquer ko-bako in the shape of two intersecting "books", one open and the other closed. Open "book" decorated with camellias (tsubaki), a winding stream, and a kingfisher; closed book with pine twigs, cloud layers, and an inscription in a cartouche (title) {flowers amd birds, wind and moon}; exterior sides of lid and box with hanabishi designDesign in hiramakie in gold with sections in togidashi; background of fundame in gold; exterior sides of box with fundame in gold; interior and bottom with yasuriko-nashiji
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
12600
label
Box (ko-bako) for the Incense Game in shape of two intersecting books
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
12600
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Box (ko-bako) for the Incense Game in shape of two intersecting books
description
A gold lacquer ko-bako in the shape of two intersecting "books", one open and the other closed. Open "book" decorated with camellias (tsubaki), a winding stream, and a kingfisher; closed book with pine twigs, cloud layers, and an inscription in a cartouche (title) {flowers amd birds, wind and moon}; exterior sides of lid and box with hanabishi designDesign in hiramakie in gold with sections in togidashi; background of fundame in gold; exterior sides of box with fundame in gold; interior and bottom with yasuriko-nashiji
date
early 19th century (late Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
incense containers
ko-bako
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
4.9
height
13.7
depth
7.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 1 15/16 × W: 5 3/8 × D: 2 15/16 in. (4.9 × 13.7 × 7.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
kacho fugetsu
med
Gold lacquer
creator_ids
6194
collection_ids
none
exhibition_ids
2687
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
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61e85f3012b04f1d
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no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
f999d31bb161a2a5
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no
hasDescription
no