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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1996.242.56.A-B
Title
Mirror Box (Kagamibako) with Flowering Cherry Tree Design
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Kagamibako
Classification
Boxes
Work Type
box
Date
Momoyama period, late 16th to early 17th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Momoyama period, 1568-1615
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/195132

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), e-nashiji (pictorial "pear-skinned" ground), and harigaki (linear incising) techniques
Dimensions
H. 6.4 x Diam. 13.7 cm (2 1/2 x 5 3/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Elaine Ehrenkranz Collection of Japanese Lacquer Boxes; Gift of Elaine Ehrenkranz
Accession Year
1996
Object Number
1996.242.56.A-B
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Symbol and Substance: The Elaine Ehrenkranz Collection of Japanese Lacquer Boxes, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 09/29/1998 - 01/03/1999; Bruce Museum, Greenwich, 12/10/2000 - 02/18/2001
  • A Decade of Collecting: Asian Acquisitions 1990-1999, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 03/11/2000 - 11/05/2000

Verification Level

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