Nanban Coffer-Shaped Chest

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Nanban Coffer-Shaped Chest

Alternate Title: 花鳥蒔絵螺鈿櫃
Japan, Early Edo period, circa 1630s
Lacquer
Black lacquer with maki-e (sprinkled powder design) and mother-of-pearl inlay
10 3/8 x 26 1/2 x 7 15/16 in. (26.3 x 67.2 x 20.1 cm)
Gift of John & Junko Lee (M.90.71.8)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Zumaya, Diva. The World Made Wondrous: the Dutch Collector's Cabinet and the Politics of Possession. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2023.