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Box for six volumes of Record of Famous Sights of the Tōkaidō Road
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Details
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- Date
- late 17th century
- Material and technique
- wood, covered with lacquer
- Dimensions
- 17 x 21 x 17.5 cm (height x width x depth)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by C. W. Christie-Miller, 1959.
- Accession no.
- EA1959.85.vii
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Further reading
Katz, Janice, Japanese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, with an introductory essay by Oliver Impey (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2003), no. 51 on pp. 174-176
Glossary
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.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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