Foliated Box with Cartouches Showing Figures in Landscapes

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Foliated Box with Cartouches Showing Figures in Landscapes

Ryukyu Islands, about 1750-1850
Furnishings; Accessories
Red and black lacquer on wood core with painted and applied gold leaf decoration (hakue in Japanese)
8 3/8 x 9 7/8 in. (21.27 x 25.08 cm)
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Michael R. Terk (M.79.181.1a-b)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Kuwayama, George.  Far Eastern Lacquers.  Los Angeles:  Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1978.
  • Yomigaeru Okinawa.  Okinawa Reborn: Postwar Life Amid the Ashes of War and Loss of Cultural Assets.  Naha-city, Okinawa: Okinawa Prefectural Museum, 1995.