Physical Object / Floorboard for brazier

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Title: Floorboard for brazier
Creator: Unknown
Contributing Institution: California State University, Sacramento Library
Collection: Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
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Description: Koita are used to protect the floor under braziers (furo) made of bronze or ceramic. They also provide a strong visual element that anchors the furo arrangement. Though this koita is lacquered, the pleasing pattern of the wood grain has been allowed to show through.
Type: physical object
Format: Wood, lacquer
Identifier: 2005.05.0072
41
565.cpd
http://csus.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/teaware/id/564
Subject: Koita
Japanese tea ceremony
Tea making paraphernalia
Relation: Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection

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