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Breastplate/Okegava-do gosuko

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Iron breastplate made up of ten flaps lacquered in black-brown and gold colour. The inside is lined with fragments of leather. The surfaces of the drawers contain studs at regular intervals. Three black-brown and gold-coloured lacquered armour plates, each consisting of five drawers, are attached to the lower drawer. Provenance: Japan. The object belongs to the estate of the senior general practitioner Georg Wilke (*1859 Dresden +1938 Rochlitz), which initially went to the teaching collection of the Rochlitz secondary school after his death and was transferred to the collection of Rochlitz Castle in the 1960s.

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Staatliche Schlösser, Burgen und Gärten Sachsen. Schloss Rochlitz Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
Costume (hierarchy name)
Dimensions
H x W x D: 22 cm x 21 cm x 4 cm, iron body only: H: 43 cm; H: 29 cm
Material/Technique
Textile, iron; forged, lacquered, woven
Current location
State palaces, castles and gardens of Saxony gGmbH, Rochlitz Castle
Inventory number
Roc_E_VI_000106_06
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Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1875-1900
    where
    Japan

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 DEED

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