1996.242.24.A-B: Document Box (Ryōshibako) with Gong, Vajra, and Sutra Design
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1996.242.24.A-B
- People
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Attributed to Ogawa Haritsu, Japanese (Ise 1663 - 1747)
- Title
- Document Box (Ryōshibako) with Gong, Vajra, and Sutra Design
- Other Titles
- Transliterated Title: Ryōshibako
- Classification
- Boxes
- Work Type
- box
- Date
- Early to Mid Edo period, late 17th to early 18th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
- Period
- Edo period, 1615-1868
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/200051
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold and sabi urushi (thick lacquer paste) utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design) techniques, and with glazed-ceramic and tortoiseshell inlays
- Dimensions
- H. 10 x W. 22.2 x D. 25.1 cm (3 15/16 x 8 3/4 x 9 7/8 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: Signature reading: "Mūchūan"
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
- 1996.242.24.A-B
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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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
- Cultivating Virtue: Botanical Motifs and Symbols in East Asian Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/08/2006 - 04/08/2007
Verification Level
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