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Writing box (suzuribako) with maki-e landscape design
Image Not Available for Writing box (suzuribako) with maki-e landscape design

Writing box (suzuribako) with maki-e landscape design

second half of 18th–first half of 19th century
Medium/TechniqueTakamakie; gold and silver foil applied; hirame ground.
Dimensions4.1 x 21 x 22.6 cm (1 5/8 x 8 1/4 x 8 7/8 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number06.150a-b
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ClassificationsLacquer works
Collections
ProvenancePrior to 1906, purchased by Denman Waldo Ross in Europe; gift of D.W. Ross, March 8, 1906
Writing box (suzuribako ) with decoration of grapes and butterfly
Artist unknown, Japanese
late 18th–early 19th century