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Anonymous
Covered Box with Deer on Mount Kasuga, Narafirst quarter of 20th century

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Horizontal lacquerware panel with gold-dust ground, depicting a moonlit landscape with a gnarled tree, multi-tiered pagoda, rolling hills, and two deer in silver-toned lacquer

Anonymous, Covered Box with Deer on Mount Kasuga, Nara, first quarter of 20th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Miss Bella Mabury, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Anonymous
Title
Covered Box with Deer on Mount Kasuga, Nara
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
first quarter of 20th century
Period
Meiji period (1868-1912) or Taishō period (1912-1926)
Medium
Lacquer with gold powder design (maki-e: sprinkled powder design), thin lip of pewter
Dimensions
3 7/8 x 7/8 x 11/16 in. (9.8 x 2.2 x 1.7 cm) REMEASURE
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Bella Mabury
Accession Number
M.49.5.7a-b
Classification
Lacquer
Collecting Area
Japanese Art