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Writing Box with a Chintz Pattern
Inai Guokuho, c. 1910 - c. 1925
The graceful pattern on this box is derived from the colourful, woodblock-printed fabric (chintz, in Japanese sarasa), which the Dutch East India Company had brought to Japan in previous centuries. The cream-coloured ground reflects the natural colour of the cotton cloth. As white lacquer could not yet be produced, Gyokuho used ground shells for this.
- Artwork typeschrijfcassette
- Object numberAK-C-2016-4
- Dimensionsheight 4.3 cm, width 24 cm x depth 21.3 cm x width 26.8 cm x depth 24 cm, height 8.4 cm
- Physical characteristicslakwerk