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Casket with flowers and butterflies

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Associated place

Asia › Japan › Honshū › Aichi prefecture › Nagoya (place of creation)

Date

c. 1860

Material and technique

metal body, gold edges, and cloisonné enamel

Dimensions

with lid 11.5 x 9 x 7 cm (height x width x depth)
without lid 9.6 x 9 x 7 cm (height x width x depth)

Material index

processed material › enamel,

processed material › metal › gold

Technique index

covered › coated › enamelled › cloisonné enamelled

Object type index

container › box,

miscellaneous equipment › lid

No. of items

2

Credit line

Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.

Accession no.

EA1956.4001

Glossary

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cloisonné

cloisonné

Decorative technique in which wires are attached to a metal body and coloured enamels are applied between the wires.

Location

- Second floor | Room 36 | Japan

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