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Incense-Game Set (Kōdōgubako) in the Form of a Birdcage with Flying Cuckoo Design

Incense-Game Set (Kōdōgubako) in the Form of a Birdcage with Flying Cuckoo Design

Japanese

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), and nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques, and with silver and raden (mother-of-pearl) inlays; metal fittings

Edo period, 1615-1868

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