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Lacquer Box

17th–18th century
Object PlaceKorea
Medium/TechniqueLacquer with inlaid mother-of-pearl and metal fittings
Dimensions10.7 x 33.8 x 33.8 cm (4 3/16 x 13 5/16 x 13 5/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, residuary legatee under the will of Hervey E. Wetzel
Accession number19.652a-b
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsLacquer works
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1918, Hervey E. Wetzel (b. 1888 - d. 1918), Boston; 1918, by inheritance from her cousin, Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, Chicago [see note 1]; 1919, gift of Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, residuary legatee under the will of Hervey E. Wetzel, to the MFA. (Accession date: March 31, 1919)

Notes:
[1] See Wetzel's will of November 8, 1918.