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Incense game set (jusshu kôbako) with decoration of views of Sumiyoshi
Incense game set (jusshu kôbako) with decoration of views of Sumiyoshi

Incense game set (jusshu kôbako) with decoration of views of Sumiyoshi

second half of 19th century
Medium/TechniqueSilk, gilt lacquer with maki-e decoration, silver, wood, gilt paper, iron, gilt metal, ink stone, ink stick, bamboo brush covers (some sprit), ivory (elephas maximus), domestic sheep hair (ovis aries), goat hair (Capra aegagrus hircus)
DimensionsDimensions of the outer incense box: 21.8 x 30.2 x 19.9 cm (8 9/16 x 11 7/8 x 7 13/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest B. Dane
Accession number10.573
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ClassificationsLacquer works
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Provenance1875, gift of Emperor Meiji (b. 1852 - d. 1912) to Prang and Company, Boston. 1910, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest B. Dane, Chestnut Hill, MA, to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 22, 1910)