1996.242.29.A-E: Inkstone Box (Suzuribako)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1996.242.29.A-E

Title

Inkstone Box (Suzuribako)

Other Titles

Transliterated Title: Suzuribako

Classification

Boxes

Work Type

box

Date

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

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Japan

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Culture

Japanese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/200399

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold, silver, and sabi urushi (thick lacquer paste) utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), and nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques, with applied kirigane (cut gold and silver) and with sheet-lead inlays; stone and metal fittings

Dimensions

4.6 x 20.8 x 22.2 cm (1 13/16 x 8 3/16 x 8 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

1996.242.29.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: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/01/2016 - 06/09/2017

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