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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1930.440.A-B
People
Kawai Kanjirō 河井寬次郎, Japanese (Shimane-ken 1890 - 1966)
Title
Circular Covered Box with Abstract Floral Decor
Classification
Boxes
Work Type
box
Date
1920s
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Shōwa era, 1926-1989
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/208604

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Temmoku-type ware: light gray stoneware with black glaze, the decoration painted in overglaze iron-brown slip
Dimensions
H. 10.5 cm x Diam. 12.2 cm (4 1/8 x 4 13/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Kawai Kanjirō
Accession Year
1930
Object Number
1930.440.A-B
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Streams and Mountains without End: Landscape Paintings from China, Korea, and Japan, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 11/25/2000 - 08/26/2001
  • Tradition and Synthesis: 19th- and 20th-Century Works from East Asia, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 09/22/2001 - 06/09/2002
  • Forging the New: East Asian Painting in the Twentieth Century, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/03/2005 - 10/16/2005

Verification Level

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