1996.242.18.A-D: Inkstone Box (Suzuribako) with Design of Hares and Autumn Grasses
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1996.242.18.A-D
- People
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Traditionally attributed to Hon'ami Kōetsu 本阿弥光悦, Japanese (1558 - 1637)
- Title
- Inkstone Box (Suzuribako) with Design of Hares and Autumn Grasses
- Classification
- Boxes
- Work Type
- box
- Date
- late Momoyama or early Edo period, late 16th to early 17th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
- Period
- Momoyama (1568-1615) to Edo (1615-1868) period
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/200510
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Lacquer on wood with decoration in sabi urushi (thick lacquer paste) and gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) technique and with appliqués of lead foil and raden (mother-of-pearl) inlays; stone and copper fittings
- Dimensions
- 5.8 x 22 x 27.3 cm (2 5/16 x 8 11/16 x 10 3/4 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
- 1996.242.18.A-D
- 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
- 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/03/2015 - 06/07/2016
Verification Level
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