Incense box with spiral patterns, with tomobako and wrapping cloth

Details

• Title

  Incense box with spiral patterns, with tomobako and wrapping cloth

• Artist/maker

  Yamamura Shinya (born 1960)

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan › Honshū › Ishikawa prefecture › Kanazawa (place of creation)

• Date

  2013

• Material and technique

  lacquer box, with abalone shell; interior with gold nashiji lacquer decoration; wood tomobako; silk wrapping cloth

• Object type

  miscellaneous equipment › lid;

  container › box › incense-box;

  clothing › garment › wrap

• Dimensions

  tomobako box with lid 8.4 x 8.8 x 8.8 cm (height x width x depth)
  incense box with lid 6 x 6.5 x 6.5 cm (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  5

• Credit line

  Purchased with the assistance of the Story Fund, 2013.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA2013.15

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