Miniature box for writing utensils with designs from the Tales of Ise
Artist unknown, Japanese
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
On View
Not on viewClassificationsLacquer works
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Artist unknown, Japanese
mid to late 19th century
18th century
19th century
1662–1722
18th century
Artist unknown, Japanese
Second half of 19th century
18th century
18th–19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
18th century