Cabinet box [.1], with bamboo chess board surface and inlaid decoration of crab and lotus leaves in brown lacquer, pewter and ivory. Attached is a coral bead [.2]. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 13/5/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Cabinet box [.1], with bamboo chess board surface and inlaid decoration of crab and lotus leaves in brown lacquer, pewter and ivory. Attached is a coral bead [.2]. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 13/5/2005]
Long description: Cabinet box [.1], with bamboo chess board surface and inlaid decoration of crab and lotus leaves in brown lacquer, pewter and ivory. Attached is a coral bead [.2]. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 13/5/2005] Bamboo box with sliding side panels and inlay decoration. [GB 31/5/2005]
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 19/06/1939
Date collected: By 19 June 1939
Acquisition information: Loaned: 1944 Donated: 1980
Materials and processes: Material Bamboo Plant, Material Lacquer Varnish, Material Pewter Metal, Material Animal Ivory Tooth, Material Bead, Material Coral, Material Lead Metal, Process Inlaid, Process Lacquered Varnished, Process Carved, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Depth 21 mm, Width 48 mm, Length: max 75 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1980.34.1127.1 Accession number: 1980.34.1127.2 Other numbers: Edward Gilbertson collection no. 137

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