1996.242.25.A-B: Oval Tsugaru-nuri Inkstone Box (Suzuribako) with Sage, Attendant, and Crane Design

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1996.242.25.A-B

People

Attributed to Ogawa Haritsu, Japanese (Ise 1663 - 1747)

Title

Oval Tsugaru-nuri Inkstone Box (Suzuribako) with Sage, Attendant, and Crane Design

Other Titles

Transliterated Title: Suzuribako

Classification

Boxes

Work Type

box

Date

Mid Edo period, early 18th century

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Japan

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Culture

Japanese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/199826

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Lacquer on wood with decoration in tsugaru-nuri (layered sabi urushi [thick lacquer paste] and colored lacquers with sprinkled silver powder and raden [mother-of-pearl] flakes, textured with circular gouging), colored lacquers, gold, and sabi urushi utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design) techniques, and with glazed-ceramic and raden inlays

Dimensions

5.6 x 25.7 x 34.6 cm (2 3/16 x 10 1/8 x 13 5/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: dated signature reading: Kyōhō hinoto hitsuji, Rit

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

1996.242.25.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

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