1962.90: Covered Circular Incense Box with Peony Decoration
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1962.90
- Title
- Covered Circular Incense Box with Peony Decoration
- Classification
- Boxes
- Work Type
- box
- Date
- Muromachi to Momoyama period, circa 16th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
- Period
- Muromachi period, 1392-1568
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/203400
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Kamakura-bori; black and cinnabar lacquers over a carved wooden core
- Dimensions
- closed: H. 6.5 x Diam. 14.4 cm (2 9/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Knapp Bequest Fund and Anonymous Purchase Fund
- Accession Year
- 1962
- Object Number
- 1962.90
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Abby Hykin, "FT-IR Analysis of Asian Lacquers" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1993), Unpublished, pp. 1-6 passim
Verification Level
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