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Set of Boxes for Storing Incense Wood
(Japan and Korea )
A black and gold lacquer rectangular "ko bako" with overlapping lid cusped midway on two long sides. Inside are six small covered boxes. On the top of the lid are four carp in a stream with low growth of water plants. The interior boxes have designs on top of the lids of streams and ponds with various groups of trees and flowers, bird and butterflies; exterior sides of covered boxes with four different patterns of arabesques, asanoha, and brocade.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1904 [at the World's Fair, St. Louis, Missouri]; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
Exhibitions
| 2016-2017 | JapanAmerica: Points of Contact, 1876-1970. Herbert F. Johnson, Ithaca; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento. |
| 1980-1981 | Imperial Japan: The Art of the Meiji Era (1868-1912). Herbert F. Johnson, Ithaca; Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute- Museum of Art, Utica; Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati; Portland Art Museum, Portland. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 2/26/2014 | Examination | examined for exhibition |
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 1 3/4 x W: 4 5/16 x D: 5 3/16 in. (4.4 x 10.9 x 13.1 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1904
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.
67.83