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Source Description
A rectangular gold lacquer ko-bako with an overlapping lid and two interior covered boxes. On top of lid a board game like backgammon? (sugoroku) with two dice applied to form a handle, the sides of the lid are decorated with sprays of various kinds of flowers and grasses: dew grass (tsuyukusa), scabiosa, eulalia grass, cockscomb (keito), a cutout section on each narrow side of the lid serves as a handgrip, interior boxes and sides of main box decorated with cords tied in bows, and loops with tassels, and with "endless knot" ornamentLid in fundame in gold with design in black sumie-togidashi, dice in silver; flowers of hira-makie in gold and silver, and red lacquer; interior of lid and box with dwnse nashiji. Design on two interior boxes in hiramakie in gold of various shades, interiors with dense nashiji, rims with kinji
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Document identity
localId
92478
label
Ko-bako for the Incense Game: Outside Box Base
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obj
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3
Source metadata
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92478
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object
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normalized
title
Ko-bako for the Incense Game: Outside Box Base
description
A rectangular gold lacquer ko-bako with an overlapping lid and two interior covered boxes. On top of lid a board game like backgammon? (sugoroku) with two dice applied to form a handle, the sides of the lid are decorated with sprays of various kinds of flowers and grasses: dew grass (tsuyukusa), scabiosa, eulalia grass, cockscomb (keito), a cutout section on each narrow side of the lid serves as a handgrip, interior boxes and sides of main box decorated with cords tied in bows, and loops with tassels, and with "endless knot" ornamentLid in fundame in gold with design in black sumie-togidashi, dice in silver; flowers of hira-makie in gold and silver, and red lacquer; interior of lid and box with dwnse nashiji. Design on two interior boxes in hiramakie in gold of various shades, interiors with dense nashiji, rims with kinji
date
1st half 19th century (late Edo)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
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incense containers
ko-bako
boxes
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3
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3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
2.9
height
8.4
depth
5.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 1 1/8 × W: 3 5/16 × D: 2 5/16 in. (2.9 × 8.4 × 5.8 cm)
Source extras
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Japanese
inscriptions
None
med
gold lacquer, black and silver lacquer, red lacquer, wood
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6194
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none
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3300
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