1996.242.4.A-B: Poem-Slip Box (Shikishibako) with Pine Tree Design

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1996.242.4.A-B

Title

Poem-Slip Box (Shikishibako) with Pine Tree Design

Other Titles

Transliterated Title: Shikishibako

Classification

Boxes

Work Type

box

Date

Early Edo period, late 17th century -early 18th century

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Japan

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Culture

Japanese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/200295

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and togidashi maki-e (sprinkled design revealed by polishing) techniques, and with applied kirigane (cut gold and silver); metal fittings and silk cord

Dimensions

6.7 x 21.1 x 24.8 cm (2 5/8 x 8 5/16 x 9 3/4 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

1996.242.4.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
• 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/10/2022 - 06/04/2023

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