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Kōgō, or incense box, with hare amid tokusa grass
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- 1st half of the 19th century
- Material and technique
- box, probably wood, with nashiji, hiramaki-e and takamaki-e lacquer decoration, and inlaid with pewter and mother-of-pearl; interior with nashiji lacquer decoration; pewter rims
- Dimensions
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with lid 2.3 cm (height)
without lid 1.2 cm (height)
lid 0.8 cm (height)
7.7 cm (diameter)
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processed material › metal › gold,processed material › metal › alloy › pewter,organic › animal › shell › pearlshell › mother-of-pearl
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container › box › incense-box,
- No. of items
- 2
- Credit line
- Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.
- Accession no.
- EA1956.1798
Glossary (5)
gō, hiramaki-e, lacquer, nashiji, takamaki-e
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gō
Art name
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hiramaki-e
(‘flat sprinkled design’) coloured or metal powders sprinkled onto a wet lacquer ground and usually covered with a protective layer of lacquer
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lacquer
Chinese and Japanese lacquer is made from the sap of the lacquer tree, which is indigenous to Eastern China. It is applied to wood as a varnish or for decorative effect. In India and the Middle East, lacquer is made from the deposit of the lac insect.
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nashiji
(‘pear skin ground’) tiny, irregularly shaped flakes of gold embedded in amber coloured wet lacquer and then polished to a fine sheen
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takamaki-e
(high relief sprinkled design’) makie technique in which parts of the design are built up with lacquer mixed with charcoal or clay dust
Location
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- currently in research collection
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