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Cabinet incense game/ko-awasa-dogu-dana; Blossoming trees/rockeries/birds
The cabinet rests on four low feet and has an upper square compartment with sliding doors, two shelves, a cupboard, a nest of two square boxes, and one lower drawer with two interior compartments. The cabinet is enriched with blossoming plum, bamboo and pine trees, pheaants, herons and cranes - all in rocky settings.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Minoda Chojiro, Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876; William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1876, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1876 | Centennial Exhibition Philadelphia. Memorial Hall, Philadelphia, Philadelphia. |
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Overall: 12 1/8 x 10 3/16 in. (30.8 x 25.8 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. Walters, 1876
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
67.254