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Image Not Available for Box in shape of a drum with a Chinese child holding a mask
Box in shape of a drum with a Chinese child holding a mask
Image Not Available for Box in shape of a drum with a Chinese child holding a mask

Box in shape of a drum with a Chinese child holding a mask

Second half of 19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueWood; lacquer with maki-e decoration
DimensionsOverall: 21.3 x 15.4 x 13.2 cm (8 3/8 x 6 1/16 x 5 3/16 in.)
Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession number11.5816
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsLacquer works
Collections
Provenance1890, Charles Goddard Weld Collection; bequest to MFA, Boston, December 7, 1911.
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