1996.242.34.A-E: Zonsei-nuri Medicine Container (Inrō) with Raiden (Thunder-God) Design
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1996.242.34.A-E
- Title
- Zonsei-nuri Medicine Container (Inrō) with Raiden (Thunder-God) Design
- Other Titles
- Transliterated Title: Zonsei-nuri Inrō
- Classification
- Boxes
- Work Type
- box
- Date
- Mid Edo period, 18th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
- Period
- Edo period, 1615-1868
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/196245
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Lacquer on wood with decoration in zonsei-nuri (incised and painted lacquer) and gold utilizing the togidashi maki-e (sprinkled design revealed by polishing) technique; silk cord
- Dimensions
- 6.6 x 7.4 x 2 cm (2 5/8 x 2 15/16 x 13/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Elaine Ehrenkranz Collection of Japanese Lacquer Boxes; Gift of Elaine Ehrenkranz
- Accession Year
- 1996
- Object Number
- 1996.242.34.A-E
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
- Symbol and Substance: The Elaine Ehrenkranz Collection of Japanese Lacquer Boxes, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 09/29/1998 - 01/03/1999; Bruce Museum, Greenwich, 12/10/2000 - 02/18/2001
- 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/22/2016 - 01/08/2017
Verification Level
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