1996.242.49.A-V: Incense-Game Set (Kōdōgubako) in the Form of a Birdcage with Flying Cuckoo Design

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1996.242.49.A-V

Title

Incense-Game Set (Kōdōgubako) in the Form of a Birdcage with Flying Cuckoo Design

Other Titles

Transliterated Title: Kōdōgubako (Jūshu Kōbako)

Classification

Boxes

Work Type

box

Date

Muromachi and Edo period, 16th and 18th centuries

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Japan

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Culture

Japanese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/195636

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), and nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques, and with silver and raden (mother-of-pearl) inlays; metal fittings

Dimensions

22.3 x 25.4 x 19.5 cm (8 3/4 x 10 x 7 11/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Elaine Ehrenkranz Collection of Japanese Lacquer Boxes; Gift of Elaine Ehrenkranz

Accession Year

1996

Object Number

1996.242.49.A-V

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• Symbol and Substance: The Elaine Ehrenkranz Collection of Japanese Lacquer Boxes, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 09/29/1998 - 01/03/1999; Bruce Museum, Greenwich, 12/10/2000 - 02/18/2001
• 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/04/2015 - 11/29/2015; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/29/2021 - 07/17/2022

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