About the Artwork
Sutra Box
14th century
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Chinese
Chinese
Lacquer over wood
Overall: 8 3/4 × 14 3/8 × 7 1/8 inches (22.2 × 36.5 × 18.1 cm)
Lacquer
Asian Art
Founders Society Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Shelden III Fund, and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Buhl Ford II Fund
1985.16
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, in red laquer: [Chinese characters stating the inventory number #341; see registrar's accession sheet for reproduction of inventory marks]
Marked, carved on end of box: [character, meaning may vary, presently undetermined; see registrar's accession sheet for reproduction of character] Marked, carved on end of lid: [character, meaning may vary, presently undetermined; see registrar's accession sheet for reproduction of character] Stamped, in red lacquer, interior of cover: [partially obliterated, unidentified stamped seal]
Provenance
(Mayuyama and Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan)
1985-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Bulletin of the DIA 62, no. 3. 1986, p. 20.
Mitchell, S. "A portfolio of East Asian lacquers," APOLLO, vol. 124, no. 298. (December 1986): pp. 74-75, (ill.).
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Chinese, Sutra Box, 14th century, lacquer over wood. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Shelden III Fund, and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Buhl Ford II Fund, 1985.16.
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