Box (ko-bako) for the Incense Game in shape of two intersecting books
A gold lacquer ko-bako in the shape of two intersecting "books", one open and the other closed. Open "book" decorated with camellias (tsubaki), a winding stream, and a kingfisher; closed book with pine twigs, cloud layers, and an inscription in a cartouche (title) {flowers amd birds, wind and moon}; exterior sides of lid and box with hanabishi design
Design in hiramakie in gold with sections in togidashi; background of fundame in gold; exterior sides of box with fundame in gold; interior and bottom with yasuriko-nashiji
Inscription
Exhibitions
1984 | Japanese Lacquers. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 1 15/16 × W: 5 3/8 × D: 2 15/16 in. (4.9 × 13.7 × 7.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired before 1931
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
67.64