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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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ClassificationsLacquer works
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ProvenanceLent by H.L. Higginson, Dec. 31, 1910