1895.350: Violin Case with Landscape Decoration
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1895.350
- Title
- Violin Case with Landscape Decoration
- Classification
- Boxes
- Work Type
- box
- Date
- Meiji period, circa 1868-1895
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
- Period
- Meiji era, 1868-1912
- Culture
- Japanese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/210543
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Lacquer on wood with decoration in black and gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), and nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques; shakudo (copper-gold alloy) fittings
- Dimensions
- H. 15.5 x W. 25.2 x L. 25.2 cm (6 1/8 x 9 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Mrs. William Hayes Fogg
- Accession Year
- 1895
- Object Number
- 1895.350
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Abby Hykin, "FT-IR Analysis of Asian Lacquers" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1993), Unpublished, pp. 1-6 passim
Verification Level
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