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Cup with spout
Cup with ibex
Akshobya
Box for paper and documents
Candlestick base
Safavid tile
Commentary on the 40 Traditions
Fragment of Prabhamandala
Ushnishavijaya
Stupa with cosmic Buddhas
Mamluk Ampoule
Prajñaparamita manuscript with double cover
Winter landscape at a watercourse
Tamon-Ten
Akshobhya the Buddha of the eastern direction
Mirror box
Inro with Tokaido stations
glass thu
Hu vase with painted decoration
Urn for the soul (Hunping)
Reclining Buddha in Parinirvana
Fox dance
Architectural fragment with Shiva and a Vyala
Anthropomorphic neck jar
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Jnana Dakshinamurti
Head of Vishnu
Shalabhanjika
destroy
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Mirror box

Anonymous

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Box is low and round with lid. The entire surface of the object is lacquered in black, with maki-e decorations in gold and silver (vine shoots that wrap around a trellis, laden with fruit). The round mirror (d. 11 cm) is in the color of brass, with relief decoration on the back (stylized landscape with a family of cranes on a background of pines. On the other, a large paulownia coat of arms (kiri) motif stands out. Bottom right the oval imprint of a seal with three characters in vertical: a unique thing, the best on earth.
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Title: Mirror box

Author: Anonymous

Date: XVIII - XIX sec.

Technique: Lacquered wood, decorated in gold and silver; bronze mirror

Displayed in: MAO - Museum of Oriental Art

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