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Foliated Box with Cartouches Showing Figures in Landscapesabout 1750-1850

Not on view
Rounded, lobed lacquer box with lid, deep red ground with gilt figural scenes in arch-shaped cartouches on each lobe and an oval scenic panel on top
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Foliated Box with Cartouches Showing Figures in Landscapes
Place Made
Ryukyu Islands
Date Made
about 1750-1850
Medium
Red and black lacquer on wood core with painted and applied gold leaf decoration (hakue in Japanese)
Dimensions
8 3/8 x 9 7/8 in. (21.27 x 25.08 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Michael R. Terk
Accession Number
M.79.181.1a-b
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Chinese and Korean Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Yomigaeru Okinawa. Okinawa Reborn: Postwar Life Amid the Ashes of War and Loss of Cultural Assets. Naha-city, Okinawa: Okinawa Prefectural Museum, 1995.
  • Kuwayama, George. Far Eastern Lacquers. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1978.