About the Artwork
Lid for Box for Writing Implements
17th century
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Japanese
Ryukyuan
Lacquer, wood, mother-of-pearl, gold
box and cover: 2 3/8 x 8 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (6.0 x 21.6 x 26.7 cm)
Lacquer
Asian Art
Founders Society Purchase with funds from Collins Holding Company, Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Endicott and anonymous donor
81.683.B
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
Okura sale, Christie's Tokyo, 15 Feb 1981, lot 435
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ORIENTAL LACQUER WORKS, Tokyo: Tokyo National Museum, 1977, fig 361.
COMMEMORATIVE CATALOGUE OF ORIENTAL LACQUER ARTS, Tokyo: Tokyo National Museum, 1977, fig 199.
Hirokazu, A., KOBIJUTSU 56, 1979, fig 8.
CHRISTIE'S AUCTION CATALOGUE, Feb 1981, Tokyo, lot 435.
DIA BULLETIN, vol 59, nos 2/3, 1981, pp 57-65, p 63 (ill).
Herbert, John (ed.), CHRISTIES REVIEW OF THE SEASON 1981, London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1981, p 389 (ill).
Mitchell, S.W., "The Asian Collection at the Detroit Institute of Arts", ORIENTATIONS, vol 13, no 5, May 1982, pp 14-36, fig 20.
Mitchell, S., "A portfolio of East Asian lacquers," APOLLO, vol 124, no 298, Dec., 1986, p 78, (ill).
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Ryukyuan, Japanese, Lid for Box for Writing Implements, 17th Century, Lacquer, wood, mother-of-pearl, gold. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from Collins Holding Company, Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Endicott, et al., 81.683.B.
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