1996.242.38.A-F: Three Boxes from an Incense-Game Set (Kōdōgubako) with Bamboo, Pine and Double Family-Crest Design

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1996.242.38.A-F

Title

Three Boxes from an Incense-Game Set (Kōdōgubako) with Bamboo, Pine and Double Family-Crest Design

Other Titles

Transliterated Title: (Kōdōgubako)

Classification

Boxes

Work Type

box

Date

Early Edo period, late 17th century

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Japan

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Culture

Japanese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/196933

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground), and e-nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques; metal interior fittings

Dimensions

7.4 x 5.7 cm (2 15/16 x 2 1/4 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

1996.242.38.A-F

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
• A Decade of Collecting: Asian Acquisitions 1990-1999, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 03/11/2000 - 11/05/2000

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