Object name: Lacquer box / Materials: Pearl (animal material) / Accession number: Acc.3032 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Lacquer box, accession number 9-12584a,b, described as Box; lacquer globular shaped bottom with recessed foot. Lid has nearly flat top, rounded edge, straight sides. Decoration on lid depicts a pear, leaf, and bug, on a glossy chestnut-brown ground (kuri-iro-urushi). The bug, leaf, and rim are of inlaid mother-of-pearl (ao-kai), the pear: of ochre lacquer. Interior and bottom exterior is of glossy black (kuro-urushi). A few scratches and spots on surface.