Writing 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: 4.3 x 17.2 x 23.3 cm (1 11/16 x 6 3/4 x 9 3/16 in.)
Lender Accessory: 26.5 x 20 x 8 cm (10 7/16 x 7 7/8 x 3 1/8 in.)
Lender Accessory: 26.5 x 20 x 8 cm (10 7/16 x 7 7/8 x 3 1/8 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 number2006.1156a-b
On View
Not on viewClassificationsLacquer works
Collections
end of the 16th century
second half of 19th century
Artist unknown, Japanese
late 18th–early 19th century
second half of 19th century
Artist unknown, Japanese
First half of the 19th century
Second half of 19th century