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Cosmetic Box with Designs of Silk Incense Wrappers
16th century
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Japanese
Japanese
Black and gold lacquer on leather and wood with silk cords and metal fittings
Overall: 4 3/4 × 11 × 8 5/8 inches (12.1 × 27.9 × 21.9 cm)
Lacquer
Asian Art
Founders Society Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford II Fund and General Membership Fund; gifts from Mr. and Mrs. William A. Fisher, and Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb by exchange
1984.19
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
Klaus F. Naumann
1984-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Japanse Design. Shikosha (forthcoming).
Mitchell, S. "A portfolio of East Asian lacquers," APOLLO, vol. 124, no. 298. December 1986, p. 75-76 (ill.).
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Japanese, Cosmetic Box with Designs of Silk Incense Wrappers, 16th century, black and gold lacquer on leather and wood with silk cords and metal fittings. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford II Fund and General Membership Fund, et al., 1984.19.
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