1984.363.A-E: Writing Box with Decoration of Moon and Autumn Grasses, and with an assortment of writing implements including an ink stone, a metal water dropper, two covered brushes, and two covered knives (for correcting mistakes)
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1984.363.A-E
- Title
- Writing Box with Decoration of Moon and Autumn Grasses, and with an assortment of writing implements including an ink stone, a metal water dropper, two covered brushes, and two covered knives (for correcting mistakes)
- Classification
- Boxes
- Work Type
- box
- Date
- 19th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
- Period
- Edo period, 1615-1868
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/332679
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Maki-e designs in gold and silver lacquers on nashiji lacquer ground
- Dimensions
- 2.8 x 14.3 cm (1 1/8 x 5 5/8 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia
- Accession Year
- 1984
- Object Number
- 1984.363.A-E
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
- Art of the Fan: China, Korea, Japan, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 04/15/1995 - 10/08/1995
Verification Level
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