Box decorated in Kōdaiji style, with mon crests of the Inaba family

Details

• Title

  Box decorated in Kōdaiji style, with mon crests of the Inaba family

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

• Date

  c. 1600

• Material and technique

  wood, covered in black and nashiji lacquer, and with nashiji lacquer decoration in silver and gold; metal hinges and handle

• Material index

  organic › vegetal › wood;

  organic › vegetal › resin › lacquer;

  processed material › metal › gold;

  processed material › metal › silver;

  processed material › metal

• Technique index

  covered › coated › varnished › lacquered

• Object type

  container › box

• Dimensions

  21 x 36.8 x 19 cm (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  3

• Credit line

  Purchased with the assistance of the Story Fund, 2005.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA2005.73

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