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Source Description
The incense holder is painted in lacquer to depict the god of thunder and a deafened man, while the tray depicts bamboo and a sparrow.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
14814
label
Incense Holder and Tray
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
14814
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Incense Holder and Tray
description
The incense holder is painted in lacquer to depict the god of thunder and a deafened man, while the tray depicts bamboo and a sparrow.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
19th century (Meiji)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Lacquer & Inlay
incense holders
kogo
censers
lids
trays
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
2.3
height
7.7
depth
6.3
dimensionsRaw
H: 7/8 x W: 3 1/16 x D: 2 1/2 in. (2.3 x 7.7 x 6.3 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
none
med
gold lacquer, red lacquer, and black lacquer
creator_ids
6194
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
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