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Foliated Box with Cartouches Showing Figures in Landscapesabout 1750-1850

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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

Unknown, Foliated Box with Cartouches Showing Figures in Landscapes, about 1750-1850, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Michael R. Terk, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

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.