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Accessory box 'Gentiaan'
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The Imperial Chrysanthemum crest indicates that this box was a gift from the Emperor. Again, Jitoku has used the rich, grainy gold ground to give the box a special aura. The gentian flowers, in sprinkled silver powder and mother-of-pearl inlay, seem to light up in the summer sun.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineAccessoire-doos ‘Gentiaan’. c. 1910 - c. 1925. Akatsuka Jitoku. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
