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Source Description
A black and gold lacquer rectangular "ko bako" with overlapping lid cusped midway on two long sides. Inside are six small covered boxes. On the top of the lid are four carp in a stream with low growth of water plants. The interior boxes have designs on top of the lids of streams and ponds with various groups of trees and flowers, bird and butterflies; exterior sides of covered boxes with four different patterns of arabesques, asanoha, and brocade.
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Document identity
localId
23298
label
Set of Boxes for Storing Incense Wood
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
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5
Source metadata
id
23298
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Set of Boxes for Storing Incense Wood
description
A black and gold lacquer rectangular "ko bako" with overlapping lid cusped midway on two long sides. Inside are six small covered boxes. On the top of the lid are four carp in a stream with low growth of water plants. The interior boxes have designs on top of the lids of streams and ponds with various groups of trees and flowers, bird and butterflies; exterior sides of covered boxes with four different patterns of arabesques, asanoha, and brocade.
provenance
Purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1904 [at the World's Fair, St. Louis, Missouri]; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
late 19th-early 20th century (Meiji)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Lacquer & Inlay
incense containers
ko-bako
imageCount
5
pageCount
5
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
4.4
height
10.9
depth
13.1
dimensionsRaw
H: 1 3/4 x W: 4 5/16 x D: 5 3/16 in. (4.4 x 10.9 x 13.1 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
med
lacquer, abalone shell, gold and silver foil
creator_ids
6194
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
2883
3427
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