1996.242.47.A-B: Scroll Box (Fubako) with Miscellaneous Crest Design
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1996.242.47.A-B
- Title
- Scroll Box (Fubako) with Miscellaneous Crest Design
- Other Titles
- Transliterated Title: Fubako
- Classification
- Boxes
- Work Type
- box
- Date
- Late Edo period, late 18th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
- Period
- Edo period, 1615-1868
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/195233
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground), and kanagai (sheet-gold appliqué) techniques; metal fittings and silk cord
- Dimensions
- overall, closed: H. 7.5 x W. 24.5 x D. 8.1 cm (2 15/16 x 9 5/8 x 3 3/16 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
- 1996.242.47.A-B
- 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
Verification Level
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