Writing Box
ca. 1650-1750 (made)
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Writing box (suzuri-bako) with incurved corners of black lacquer decorated with gold and silver lacquer. On the outside of the cover are cherry, maple and pine tree on rocks with water. On the inside cherry blossoms floating down a stream the banks of which strengthened by baskets (jakago). The interior is filled with two shaped oblong trays decorated like the inside of the cover, and a board holding an inkstone and white metal water bottle in the form of a cherry blossom.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 8 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Lacquered wood |
| Brief description | Writing-box , wood covered in black lacquer with gold takamaki-e lacquer, gold and silver foil, a design of maple and cherry trees by a stream, Japan, about 1650-1750 |
| Physical description | Writing box (suzuri-bako) with incurved corners of black lacquer decorated with gold and silver lacquer. On the outside of the cover are cherry, maple and pine tree on rocks with water. On the inside cherry blossoms floating down a stream the banks of which strengthened by baskets (jakago). The interior is filled with two shaped oblong trays decorated like the inside of the cover, and a board holding an inkstone and white metal water bottle in the form of a cherry blossom. |
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| Credit line | Salting Bequest |
| Object history | Bequeathed by Mr. George Salting, accessioned in 1910. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. |
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| Accession number | W.150G-1910 |
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| Record created | May 20, 2009 |
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