Octagonal box with lid, decorated with mother-of-pearl flowers
| Accession Nr.: | 3377.1-2 |
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| Type: | object for daily use; lacquers |
| Date of production: |
second half of the 19th century
Edo (Tokugawa) period or Meiji era |
| Place of production: | |
| Acquisition: | collected by János Xántus |
| Signed: | Hokkyō Kōrin (法橋光琳), kaō (red circle): Korasuke (?亮, copyist) (both are artist names) |
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| Materials/Techniques: | wood, lacquer, mother of pearl inlay |
| Dimensions: | height 7.4 cm width 5.8 cm depth 5.8 cm |
Small octagon box for tea powder (nakatsugi-kei,chaki) with heartvine and butterfly motifs, imitation of metal surface, and mother-of-pearl inlay in Rinpa style
