Oval gold lacquer box [.1] with decoration of chrysanthemum leaves and flowers and globular ivory bead [.2] depicting several figures. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 13/5/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Oval gold lacquer box [.1] with decoration of chrysanthemum leaves and flowers and globular ivory bead [.2] depicting several figures. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 13/5/2005]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Cultural groups: Japanese
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Hermann Arthur Gunther; PRM source Albert Everard Gunther
Date / Period: Date made: Before 16/06/1924
Date collected: By 16 June 1924
Acquisition information: Loaned: 1944 Donated: 1980
Materials and processes: Material Lacquer Varnish, Material Animal Ivory Tooth, Material Bead, Process Lacquered Varnished, Process Incised, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Diameter: max 17 mm, Length: max 80 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1980.34.1110.1 Accession number: 1980.34.1110.2
Research and responses: Hotei is one of the Seven Gods of Luck. He is often depicted with children and carrying a linen bag, in which he carries precious things or the children. See 'Legend in Japanese Art' by Henri L. Joly, p. 130. [El.B 31/01/2012]

Search terms: Box, Ornament, Bead

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