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Source Description
This gold lacquer box for the incense game ("kogo") is in the shape of an umpire's fan partially overlapping a circular box. It has two similarly shaped interior boxes with lids and a circular incision on the bottom of the main box.On the top of the lid is a fan decorated with deer and maple trees; on the circular box is a branch of blossoming plum overhanging a bamboo fence. The interior boxes are decorated with chrysanthemums and peonies.
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Document identity
localId
27684
label
Box for the Incense Game in the Shape of an Umpire's Fan
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
27684
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Box for the Incense Game in the Shape of an Umpire's Fan
description
This gold lacquer box for the incense game ("kogo") is in the shape of an umpire's fan partially overlapping a circular box. It has two similarly shaped interior boxes with lids and a circular incision on the bottom of the main box.On the top of the lid is a fan decorated with deer and maple trees; on the circular box is a branch of blossoming plum overhanging a bamboo fence. The interior boxes are decorated with chrysanthemums and peonies.
provenance
Minoda Chojiro, Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876; William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1876, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
18th century
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Lacquer & Inlay
kogo
incense burners
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1
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1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
3.1
height
8.7
depth
10.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 1 1/4 x W: 3 7/16 x D: 4 1/4 in. (3.1 x 8.7 x 10.8 cm)
Source extras
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Japanese
med
gold lacquer
creator_ids
6194
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
244
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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