1982.GNRA.131: Stick of Ink with manufacturer's label on one side and with flower, bird, and cloud design on reverse
Artists' Tools
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1982.GNRA.131
- Title
- Stick of Ink with manufacturer's label on one side and with flower, bird, and cloud design on reverse
- Classification
- Artists' Tools
- Work Type
- ink stick
- Date
- Shōwa period, 1970-1979
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
- Period
- Shōwa era, 1926-1989
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/194189
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Molded ink stick: vegetable soot and animal glue
- Technique
- Molded
- Dimensions
- 13.4 x 2.9 x 1.2 cm (5 1/4 x 1 1/8 x 1/2 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: stylized Chinese characters and manufacturer's name: 'Dai wa ga koku'
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Steven D. Owyoung
- Accession Year
- 1982
- Object Number
- 1982.GNRA.131
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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