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Source Description
During the Edo period in Japan (1615-1868), the shell-matching game ("kai awase") was popular among women. It involved matching shells that had been painted with scenes from the 9th-century classical novel "The Tale of Genji." This vase has been decorated with such shells.
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Document identity
localId
2065
label
Vase with Japanese Scenes in Shells
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
2065
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Vase with Japanese Scenes in Shells
description
During the Edo period in Japan (1615-1868), the shell-matching game ("kai awase") was popular among women. It involved matching shells that had been painted with scenes from the 9th-century classical novel "The Tale of Genji." This vase has been decorated with such shells.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1878-84
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
vases
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1
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 13/16 in. (25 cm)
Source extras
style
Japonism
med
layered glass with gilt
creator_ids
4874
15537
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
454
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1
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0
type
photo
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9ecf5785953d7819