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Set of Boxes for Storing Incense Wood

Japanese (Artist)
late 19th-early 20th century (Meiji)
lacquer, abalone shell, gold and silver foil
(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
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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
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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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67.83

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