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Source Description
This "takigara-ire" is four-lobed and decorated in black and gold lacquer. The lid and exterior sides of the box are decorated with similar designs of autumnal flowers, small rocks, and four "mitsuaoi" crests. There is a black "ro-iro" background for a design in "hira-makie" in gold; the interior of the lid and the exterior bottom of the box are decorated with "nashiji;" the interior of the box is covered with gilded meta;. The rims are "kinji."
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
10213
label
Box for Incense Ash
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
10213
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Box for Incense Ash
description
This "takigara-ire" is four-lobed and decorated in black and gold lacquer. The lid and exterior sides of the box are decorated with similar designs of autumnal flowers, small rocks, and four "mitsuaoi" crests. There is a black "ro-iro" background for a design in "hira-makie" in gold; the interior of the lid and the exterior bottom of the box are decorated with "nashiji;" the interior of the box is covered with gilded meta;. The rims are "kinji."
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
19th century (Edo-Meiji)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Lacquer & Inlay
takigara ire
incense burners
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
4.8
height
7.3
depth
5.3
dimensionsRaw
H: 1 7/8 × W: 2 7/8 × D: 2 1/16 in. (4.8 × 7.3 × 5.3 cm)
Source extras
cul
Chinese
med
black and gold lacquer, gilded metal
creator_ids
6194
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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