Geisha Holding Fish on Platter
date: label: Date
content: late 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Oblong, upper corners rounded, featuring carved figure of geisha wearing patterned kimono of small squares and dots, holding small platter with fish on top. She is set against stylized reserve panel of bamboo trees, behind which are four smaller, variously patterned, fan-like elements, one on left, one on upper left corner, and two on right. Reverse features geisha wearing patterned kimono with star-like pattern, set against stylized reserve panel of plum blossoms, behind which are variously patterned elements, one leaf-like on left, two fan-like on right and bottom. Lid hinged on side. Striker carved into box bottom.
place: label: made in
content: Japan
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1978-146-496
objectType: label: Type
content: containers
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: Matchsafe
label: Type
content: Matchsafe
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Ivory, pigment
label: Dimensions
content: 5.5 x 3.1 x 1 cm (2 3/16 x 1 1/4 x 3/8 in. )