BoxesJapanese18th-19th century

Wakasa-Nuri Inkstone Box (Suzuribako) with Double Inrō-Ensemble Design

Late Edo period, late 18thcentury-early 19th century

Classification

Boxes

Medium

Lacquer on wood with decoration in wakasa-nuri (layered lacquer and gold foil over a thick base-coat impressed with various shapes and sprinkled with raden [mother-of-pearl] flakes), gold, silver, and sabi urushi (thick lacquer paste) utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), and togidashi maki-e (sprinkled design revealed by polishing) techniques, and with tsuishu (carved red lacquer), malachite, and carnelian inlays; stone and metal fittings

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Century

18th-19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

7.1 x 21 x 23.2 cm (2 13/16 x 8 1/4 x 9 1/8 in.)

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