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Box with cover design of thread and spindles; inside design of butterflies

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Ota Kikutaro ( 1872ー1927 )

  • Meiji period, dated 1901
  • Lacquer with various colors makie

Crafts – Lacquerware

Black lacquer over the outside of the box, a spindle and unwinding thread are depicted from the lid to the sides. The design on the inside is a pile of colorful innumerable butterflies in togidashimakie. (「New Edition Grace, Beauty and Inqenuity-Masterpices of the Museum of Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan Vol.2」2003)

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Title/Name Box with cover design of thread and spindles; inside design of butterflies
Other Title/
Name
Artist/
Creator
Ota Kikutaro
Period/Era Meiji period
Century
Quantity
Dimensions
Material/
Technique
wood lacquer maki-e
Signature/
Inscriptions
Accessories/
Contents
Country/
Origin
Excavation
Site
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Place
Ishikawa
Provenance
Collection
No.
SZK000356
Category CraftsLacquerware
Cultural
Property
Designation
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Box with cover design of thread and spindles; inside design of butterflies

Box with cover design of thread and spindles; inside design of butterflies

Black lacquer over the outside of the box, a spindle and unwinding thread are depicted from the lid to the sides. The design on the inside is a pile of colorful innumerable butterflies in togidashimakie. (「New Edition Grace, Beauty and Inqenuity-Masterpices of the Museum of Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan Vol.2」2003)