ASJ 12月の例会の講演はフィンランド大使館で開かれ、演題は印籠についてでした。講師のクレス氏は１２月１９日に始まり、来年の３月１０日まで九州国立博物館で開かれている夫妻の印籠コレクションの展示会（http://www.kyuhaku.jp/exhibition/exhibition_pre93.html）の為に来日された様です。それにしても日本人も余り目にした事のない印籠についてフィンランドの方が余りにも詳しいので、ASJの講演にはいつもながら驚かされます。当日頂いた資料から一部を引用します。
It was made to order for a daimyo and hence unique, but several inro resembling this one are offered at auction every year, and hundreds of them are documented in our archives. An inro like this, but without its exceptional provenance, would not be remarkable. It would not even fetch a high price.
"exceptional provenance" の個所が分かりません。"provenance" の意味を調べます。
・Collins Dictionary: a place of origin, esp that of a work of art or archaeological specimen: Appearance, condition, and provenance - they're the three great selling points in horses, cattle, bloodstock.
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary:
1: origin, source: The artifact is of unknown provenance.
2: the history of ownership of a valued object or work of art or literature: Has anyone traced the provenances of these paintings?
実物の印籠も初めて手にとって見ることができました。印鑑だけではなく、薬なども持ち歩く時に使える容器でした。
では皆様良いお年をお迎え下さい。
It was made to order for a daimyo and hence unique, but several inro resembling this one are offered at auction every year, and hundreds of them are documented in our archives. An inro like this, but without its exceptional provenance, would not be remarkable. It would not even fetch a high price.
"exceptional provenance" の個所が分かりません。"provenance" の意味を調べます。
・Collins Dictionary: a place of origin, esp that of a work of art or archaeological specimen: Appearance, condition, and provenance - they're the three great selling points in horses, cattle, bloodstock.
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary:
1: origin, source: The artifact is of unknown provenance.
2: the history of ownership of a valued object or work of art or literature: Has anyone traced the provenances of these paintings?
実物の印籠も初めて手にとって見ることができました。印鑑だけではなく、薬なども持ち歩く時に使える容器でした。
では皆様良いお年をお迎え下さい。
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