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Tiger-Shaped PortableTea Utensil Boxearly Edo period, 17th century

Not on view
Small Japanese lacquerware box in the form of a crouching rabbit, deep black gloss finish with gold maki-e grass decoration and inlaid eye
Artist or Maker
Anonymous
Title
Tiger-Shaped PortableTea Utensil Box
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
early Edo period, 17th century
Period
Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium
Black lacquer
Dimensions
5 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 4 in. (14.0 x 26.0 x 10.2cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert and Gwenna Blackmore
Accession Number
M.84.102
Classification
Lacquer
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Lee, Yu-kuan. Oriental Lacquer Art. New York and Tokyo: Weatherhill, 1972.
  • Kuwayama, George. Far Eastern Lacquers. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1978.