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Kamisaka Yūkichi
Calligraphy Box with Bush Clover and Pampas Grasscirca 1910

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Japanese lacquer writing box, open, with gold swirling grass-line decoration on a dark, gold-flecked ground and silver fittings inside the lid
Japanese lacquer box lid with black ground decorated in maki-e technique; arching gold grasses sweep across the surface in overlapping layers, with scattered gold flecks and small white inlaid details throughout.
Japanese lacquer writing box with black ground densely scattered with gold flakes (nashiji), decorated with fine gold makie grasses bending in sweeping curves; rectangular inkstone and silver water dropper set into the left side.
Japanese lacquer box with rounded rectangular form, black ground decorated in gold maki-e with sweeping grasses and leafy plants; two small silver insects accent the lower left.
Artist or Maker
Kamisaka Yūkichi
Japan, 1886-1938
Designed by
Kamisaka Sekka
Title
Calligraphy Box with Bush Clover and Pampas Grass
Date Made
circa 1910
Period
Meiji period (1868-1912) or Taishō period (1912-1926)
Medium
Lacquer with maki-e (sprinkled gold), mother-of-pearl inlay, silver
Dimensions
a) Lid: 1 × 10 × 8 3/4 in. (2.54 × 25.4 × 22.23 cm); b) Base: 1 1/2 × 10 × 8 3/4 in. (3.81 × 25.4 × 22.23 cm); c) Tray with insert: 9 3/4 × 4 1/4 × 1/4 in. (24.77 × 10.8 × 0.64 cm); d) Brush tray: 9 3/4 × 4 1/4 × 5/8 in. (24.77 × 10.8 × 1.59 cm); e) Water dropper: 1 × 2 × 1/2 in. (2.54 × 5.08 × 1.27 cm) f) Inkstone: 5 1/8 × 2 7/8 × 5/8 in. (13.02 × 7.3 × 1.59 cm) 1 1/2 × 10 × 8 3/4 in. (3.81 × 25.4 × 22.23 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of David C. Bohnett
Accession Number
M.2007.12.1a-f
Classification
Lacquer
Collecting Area
Japanese Art