Plaque depicting ghosts from the story of The Tongue-Cut Sparrow

Details

• Title

  Plaque depicting ghosts from the story of The Tongue-Cut Sparrow

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

• Date

  19th century (1801 - 1900)

• Material and technique

  metal, probably iron, with shakudō, copper, and gold decoration

• Material index

  processed material › metal › iron;

  processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › shakudo;

  processed material › metal › copper;

  processed material › metal › gold

• Technique index

  covered › inlaid

• Object type

  miscellaneous equipment › plaque

• Dimensions

  2 x 4.2 x 0.4 cm (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1956.2815

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