Miniature box for writing utensils with designs from the Tales of Ise
18th century
Medium/TechniqueWood, decorated in gold and silver lacquer with shell and gold foil; silvered-metal water dropper; inkstone with lacquered rim
DimensionsOverall: 2.7 x 12.8 x 11.4 cm (1 1/16 x 5 1/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Major Henry Lee Higginson
Accession number21.2358a-f
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Not on viewClassificationsLacquer works
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ProvenanceLent by H.L. Higginson, Dec. 31, 1910
mid to late 19th century
mid-late 18th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
Early 19th century
Early 19th century
mid-19th century
early to mid-19th century
mid-late 18th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
mid-late 18th century