Description
元来経箱として作られ、蓋の中央に「大方廣佛華厳経」の文字が螺鈿であらわされています。現存する高麗時代の螺鈿の中でも古く位置づけられる、非常に稀少な作例です。当代の螺鈿漆器は日本で珍重され、長く大事に伝えられたものが多く、この経箱も中国地方を制した毛利家に伝来しました。
Data source
ColBase
"ColBase: Integrated Collections Database of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, Japan" is a service that enables a multi-database search of the collections in the four national museums (To...
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National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
The National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (NICH) comprise four National Museums (Tokyo National Museum, Kyoto National Museum, Nara National Museum, and Kyushu National Museum) and two National Research Institutes for Cultural Properties (Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, and Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties), as well as the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI) in Sakai City, for a total of seven institutions.
Last updated
July 20, 2026