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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1895.350
Title
Violin Case with Landscape Decoration
Classification
Boxes
Work Type
box
Date
Meiji period, circa 1868-1895
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Meiji era, 1868-1912
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/210543

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lacquer on wood with decoration in black and gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), and nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques; shakudo (copper-gold alloy) fittings
Dimensions
H. 15.5 x W. 25.2 x L. 25.2 cm (6 1/8 x 9 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Mrs. William Hayes Fogg
Accession Year
1895
Object Number
1895.350
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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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of Asian Lacquers" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1993), Unpublished, pp. 1-6 passim

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