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Lidded Box with Writing Accessories
Image Not Available for Lidded Box with Writing Accessories

Lidded Box with Writing Accessories

Date1849
Place of ManufactureAsia
MediumMaterial: wood; lacquer, nashiji, takamaki; pewter; mother-of-pearl
DimensionsOverall: 4.8 x 21.5 x 23.5 cm
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ART
Credit LineFred and Isabel Pollard Collection
Object number1966.056.001 a-e
Descriptionsquare box & lid (a-b) containing a separate bottom (c) with one indentation for a (d) water dropper (mizuire) and a cut away area for a (e) ink stone (suzuri). Exterior of lid is inlaid with pewter, mother-of-pearl & gold takamaki in a design of "Thirty-Six Famous Poets" and the interior separate box bottom has a design representing a group of plovers. Background in nashiji.













square box & lid (a -b) containing a separate bottom (c) with one indentation for a (d) water dropper (mizuire) and a cut away area for a (e) ink stone (suzuri); items f-j are props: inks sticks and a paint brush. Exterior of lid is inlaid with pewter, mother-of-pearl & gold takamaki in a design of "Thirty-Six Famous Poets" and the interior separate box bottom has a design representing a group of plovers.
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