Box for Inkstone and Writing Implements (suzuri bako)
The box is decorated in gold lacquer to depict stylized waves. The character "nezame" written inside the lid suggests a literary reference for the waves-to a 12th-century love story, "Awake at Night" ("Yoru no Nezame").
Images (2)
Artifact
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id
27363
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| contentType |
contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
2
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source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_67.190_PcABFnt_NG_2990.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_67.190_PcABFnt_NG_2990.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_67.190_PcABFnt_NG_2990.jpg |
| imageCount | 2 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/67.190 |
Terms
Culture
Japanese
Medium
black and gold lacquer, gold
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