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Kobako, or small box, with flowers and shells
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Details
- Associated place
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Europe (possible original location)North America › north America › United States of America (possible original location)
- Date
- late 19th century - 1908
- Material and technique
- wood, covered with ray skin, with nashiji lacquer decoration in black and gold, kirikane lacquer decoration, sengaki (lacquer drawing), and kanshitsu (dry lacquer) in red; interior and base with nashiji lacquer decoration
- Dimensions
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with lid 5 x 12.7 x 9.7 cm (height x width x depth)
without lid 3 x 12.7 x 9.7 cm (height x width x depth)
lid 2 x 12.7 x 9.7 cm (height x width x depth)
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- No. of items
- 2
- Credit line
- Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.
- Accession no.
- EA1956.1806
Glossary (2)
lacquer, nashiji
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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
Location
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- currently in research collection
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