Box for writing paper (ryôshibako) with palmetto design

Ogawa Haritsu (Japanese, 1663–1747)

17th to 18th century

Medium/TechniquePaulownia wood with lacquer and inlaid decoration; shell (Pinctada maxima), ceramic, suzu, gold

Dimensions11.2 x 23.8 x 28.5 cm (4 7/16 x 9 3/8 x 11 1/4 in.)

Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by contribution

Accession number08.170a-b

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsLacquer works

Collections

Provenance
Formerly in the collection of John LaFarge, purchased by Okakura Kakuzô at auction at American Art Galleries, New York, 1908.

Ogawa Shomin

second half of 19th century

Artist unknown, Japanese

second half of 19th century

Ogawa Haritsu

mid-late 18th century

Mori Kansai

mid-late 19th century

Satoshi Igarashi

18th century

Kamisaka Sekka

About 1925

17th–18th century

c. 1880

19th century

mid-19th century

mid-19th century

mid-19th century