Game Box in Lacquer
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Lacquered wooden game box decorated in gold. Inside it houses 143 mother-of-pearl tokens.
Board games of the 19th century incorporated oriental modalities, such as mikado, but the favorites were still the triplet and other traditional card games.
Where the taste for the Orient is best represented is in the luxurious boxes that were used to store the decks and tokens of various games, sometimes also made of exotic materials such as mother-of-pearl or ivory.
These small, easily transportable pieces were privileged recipients of oriental influences.
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Map National Museum of Decorative Arts in Madrid
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Date
1801-1900
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Used with permission © Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte
Identifier
CE27216
Origin
Cultural Context / Style Filipino Art
Production Place / Mint Philippines (Asia)
Production Place / Mint Philippines (Asia)
Materials
Chinese lacquer; Wood, Game tab: Nacre
Physical Dimensions
Height = 12.50 cm; Width = 33 cm; Depth = 17.50 cm
Display status
Not on display
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Contributed by Cinta Krahe, Associate Professor at the Universidad Autónoma of Madrid. Photos: Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas
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Translated from Spanish by Google Translate
Record accessed Oct. 2021
Edited for grammar by the Mapping team
Record accessed Oct. 2021
Edited for grammar by the Mapping team
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“Game Box in Lacquer,” Mapping Philippine Material Culture, accessed April 25, 2024, https://philippinestudies.uk/mapping/items/show/14735.
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