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Set for Incense Game (Jusshu Kobako)

18th century

Medium/TechniqueWood; Lacquer and maki-e decoration. Takamakie; gold and silver kirikane applied; checkered black and nashiji ground; inside, nashiji.

Dimensions21.3x27.3x12.5 cm

Credit LineJulia Bradford Huntington James Fund

Accession number05.16a-p

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ClassificationsLacquer works

Collections

Asia

ProvenancePurchased at American Art Association Auction of the Collection of Thomas F. Waggaman-January 26, 1905

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