BoxesJapanese16th-17th century

Medicine-Container (Inrō) Shaped Box with Sword-Guard (Tsuba) Design

Momoyama period, late 16th century-early 17th century

Classification

Boxes

Medium

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold and sabi urushi (thick lacquer paste) utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design) techniques, and with sprinkled raden (mother-of-pearl) flakes

Culture

Japanese

Period

Momoyama period, 1568-1615

Century

16th-17th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

11.1 x 8.5 x 4.6 cm (4 3/8 x 3 3/8 x 1 13/16 in.)

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