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Collections

Unknown
Box with Scholar and Attendant in a Boatabout 1800-1900

Not on view
Square lidded lacquer box with cushion-shaped form, vermilion red ground, gold mesh panels, and a central painted scene of figures near a pagoda and boat
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Box with Scholar and Attendant in a Boat
Place Made
Ryukyu Islands
Date Made
about 1800-1900
Medium
Lacquer on wood core with painted decoration and gilded wickerwork panels
Dimensions
Overall: 3 1/8 x 5 x 5 in. (7.94 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm); .a) Cover: 1 1/2 x 5 x 5 in. (3.81 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm); .b) Box: 1 7/8 x 5 x 5 in. (4.76 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Krashen
Accession Number
M.80.109.1a-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.