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Kamisaka Yūkichi
Calligraphy Box and Letter Box with Bush Clover and Pampas Grass Designcirca 1910

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Two rectangular black lacquer boxes with rounded corners, decorated overall with gold maki-e autumn grasses and flowering plants; larger box at left, smaller at right
Japanese lacquerware writing box set with black ground and dense gold maki-e decoration of autumn grasses and flowering plants; includes a large lidded suzuribako, a rectangular tray, a small mirror stand, and a flat dish, all decorated with matching botanical motifs.
Japanese lacquer writing box (suzuribako) with lid separated, showing black ground decorated with swirling gold maki-e grasses; interior fitted with a grey inkstone and compartments.
Japanese lacquer tray with rounded square form; black ground decorated with gold makie technique depicting arching grasses, fine scattered gold flakes across the upper field, and small white inlaid dots throughout.
Japanese lacquer writing box with black ground decorated in gold maki-e, depicting swirling autumn grasses with fine gold nashiji sprinkling; fitted with a rectangular gray inkstone and a small silver water dropper in kidney form.
Japanese lacquer box with rounded rectangular form, black ground decorated with gold maki-e design of arching grasses and leafy plants, with small silver insect details among the foliage.
Lacquered writing box (suzuribako) with lid shown separately, black lacquer decorated with gold maki-e floral and grass motifs on the exterior; lid interior features swirling gold thread pattern on dark ground.
Japanese lacquer box with rounded rectangular form, depicting arching autumn grasses in gold on a black ground sprinkled with fine gold and orange nashiji flakes, with small white inlaid dewdrops.
Black lacquer box with rounded rectangular form, decorated in gold maki-e with autumn grasses and leafy shrubs covering the lower surface; a single Japanese character in silver inlay appears near the upper center.
Artist or Maker
Kamisaka Yūkichi
Japan, 1886-1938
Designed by
Kamisaka Sekka
Japan, 1866-1942
Title
Calligraphy Box and Letter Box with Bush Clover and Pampas Grass Design
Date Made
circa 1910
Medium
Lacquer with sprinkled gold and silver (maki-e), mother-of-pearl inlay, silver
Dimensions
.1a-f) Overall: 1 1/2 x 10 x 8 3/4 in; .1a) Lid: 1 x 10 x 8 3/4 in.; .1b) Base): 1 1/2 x 10 x 8 3/4 in.; .1c) Tray with insert: 9 3/4 x 4 1/4 x 1/4 in.; .1d) Brush tray: 9 3/4 x 4 1/4 x 5/8 in.; .1e) Water dropper: 1 x 2 x 1/2 in.; .1f) Inkstone: 5 1/8 x 2 7/8 x 5/8 in.; .2a-b) Overall: 5 3/4 x 16 x 13 in.; .2a) Lid: 1 3/4 x 16 x 13 in.; .2b) Base): 4 7/8 x 16 x 13 in.
Credit Line
Gift of David C. Bohnett
Accession Number
M.2007.12.1-.2
Classification
Lacquer
Collecting Area
Japanese Art