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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Japan
- Period
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Edo (Tokugawa) period 1615 - 1868
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Japan
Meiji period 1868 - 1912 → Japan - Date
- late 19th century
- Media category
- Lacquerware
- Materials used
- wood, gold, black and red lacquer
- Dimensions
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a - comb, 5.3 x 10 cm
b - pin, 17.5 cm
- Signature & date
Signed: Shunfû (or Harukaze?)
- Credit
- Gift of Lesley Kehoe 2009. Donated through the Australian Government Cultural Gifts Program.
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 185.2009.a-b
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About
A fine black lacquer hair comb and matching pin, the 'roiro' ground featuring an unusual 'takamakie' decoration of 'yakko-san' (simple country peasants).
Asian Art Department, AGNSW, April 2009.
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Places
Where the work was made
Japan
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Conversations through the Asian collections, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 25 Oct 2014–13 Mar 2016
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Provenance
Lesley Kehoe, Apr 2009, Australia, donated to the Art Gallery of New South Wales, April 2009.