Pair of kaioke (cylindrical containers for shells used in shell-matching game)
Maker
Unidentified artist
DateEdo period (1615-1868)
MediumBlack lacquer with gold decoration and brass fittings; vermillion silk cords.
Dimensions9 x 8 1/2 inches (22.9 x 21.6 cm)
CultureJapan
ClassificationsDecorative Arts
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Howard S. Liddell
Terms
- Decorative Arts
- Black lacquer with gold decoration and brass fittings
- red silk cords.
- Board games
- Boxes (containers)
- Crests
- Hollyhocks
- Leaves
- Leisure
- Ropes
- Symbols
- Tassels
- Vessels - Boxes
- Vines
- Japanese
Object number85.046.008 a,b
Collections
Unidentified artist
19th century
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
19th century
19th century
Unidentified artist
The Waterless Shell (Minase-gai), from the series: The Poetry-Shell Matching Game of the Genroku Era
Katsushika Hokusai
commissioned for New Year 1821
Katsushika Hokusai
commissioned for New Year 1821
Toju
