Document box with design of a cedar forest
Uematsu Hôbi
(Japanese, 1872–1933)
1899–1900
Medium/TechniqueWood; lacquer with maki-e decoration and silver rims
DimensionsOverall: 11.4 x 26.4 x 36.7 cm (4 1/2 x 10 3/8 x 14 7/16 in.)
Lender Accessory: 40 x 29.5 x 16 cm (15 3/4 x 11 5/8 x 6 5/16 in.)
Lender Accessory: 40 x 29.5 x 16 cm (15 3/4 x 11 5/8 x 6 5/16 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds by exchange from the Charles Goddard Weld Collection, Julia Bradford Huntington James Fund, a Gift of Yamanaka & Company, Boston, William Sturgis Bigelow Collection, Bequest of Mrs. Thomas O. Richardson, a Gift of Francis Gardner Curtis, a Gift of Mrs. Roger Cutler, a Gift of Mrs. Charles Goddard Weld, and a Gift of Misses Louisa W. and Marian R. Case
Accession number2006.1155a-b
On View
Not on viewClassificationsLacquer works
Collections
Provenance1900, made by the artist for the Exposition Universelle, Paris; by 1907, property of James Orange of Hong Kong; October 31, 1984, sold at Sotheby's, London (lot 225); March 28, 2006, sold to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, at Christie's, New York (lot 391) (accession date: April 26, 2006).
18th century
second half of 19th century
end of the 16th century
Artist unknown, Japanese
late 18th–early 19th century
second half of 19th century
Second half of 19th century
Artist unknown, Japanese
First half of the 19th century
Second half of 19th century
Second half of 19th century
19th century