Lacquer box, ko-bako (box for the incense ceremony). Box, lacquer. Square box with deep sides and indented corners with a seated lid (A). The black ground is decorated in gold hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design) with sprays of flowers and scrolling foliage which ramble over the box and lid; the rims are in gold lacquer. The interior and the base are brown/black lacquer.
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Height: 6.0 cm
Length: 5.7 cm
Width: 5.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
Edo Period (1615-1868)#
Circa
1615
-
1868
Decoration
composed of
lacquer
( black/brown)
gold lacquer
Box
composed of
wood (plant material)
Lacquering : Box, lacquer, the black ground is decorated in gold hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design), the rims are in gold lacquer, the interior and base are black/brown lacquer
Accession number: MAR.O.49 & A-1912
Primary reference Number: 23912
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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