BoxesJapanese17th-18th century

Drawered Hand Box (Tebako) with Four-Season Motif Design and Various Interior Cosmetic Boxes with Scrolling Floral Designs

Early Edo period, late 17th - early 18th century

Classification

Boxes

Medium

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground), and harigaki (linear incising) techniques, and with applied kirigane (cut gold and silver) and shibuchi (copper-silver alloy); metal fittings

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Century

17th-18th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

14.1 x 18.7 x 27.2 cm (5 9/16 x 7 3/8 x 10 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Elaine Ehrenkranz, Plantation, FL, (by 1996), gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1996.

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