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Incense pillow, or makura kōro, with wisteriaoblique

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  • Incense pillow, or makura kōro, with wisteria (oblique)
  • Incense pillow, or makura kōro, with wisteria (oblique)
  • Incense pillow, or makura kōro, with wisteria (side)
  • Incense pillow, or makura kōro, with wisteria (side)
  • Incense pillow, or makura kōro, with wisteria (top)
  • Incense pillow, or makura kōro, with wisteria (bottom)
  • Incense pillow, or makura kōro, with wisteria (side)
  • Incense pillow, or makura kōro, with wisteria (side)
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Incense pillow, or makura kōro, with wisteria

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    Associated place
    Japan (place of creation)
    Date
    early 17th century
    Material and technique
    wood, covered in black lacquer, with hiramaki-e lacquer decoration in gold
    Dimensions
    pillow 13.8 x 12.5 x 22.9 cm (height x width x depth)
    drawer 11.7 x 12.2 x 22 cm (height x width x depth)
    Material index
    wood,
    lacquer,
    gold
    Technique index
    carved,
    carved,
    lacquered
    Object type index
    incense-box,
    pillow,
    incense-box,
    incense-box,
    toilet/cosmetic equipment
    No. of items
    2
    Credit line
    Purchased with the assistance of the Story Fund, 1986.
    Accession no.
    EA1986.4

  • Further reading

    Impey, Oliver, and Christiaan Jörg, Japanese Export Lacquer 1580-1850 (Amsterdam: Hotei Publishing, 2005), no. 414, p. 177, illus. p. 176

Glossary (3)

hiramaki-e, kōro, lacquer

Location

    • currently in research collection

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