Box

Museum number:
9-9545a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21099545a@2dc
Accession number:
Acc.2405
Description:
box; deep rectangular black and gold lacquered wood; a) bottom: black lacquer with assorted crests (mon) in sprinkled and painted gold lacquer; 2 brass carrying rings; b) tray: black lacquer with painted gold curvilinear design on lip; c) lid: deep, straight sided; pine tree, prunus and crests in sprinkled and painted gold lacquer; sides with painted crests; paper tag inside reads “1882”; handbox with usually one tray for storing of toilet articles and smaller boxes
Donor:
University Art Museum (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Japan
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers)
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Box, accession number 9-9545a-c, described as box; deep rectangular black and gold lacquered wood; a) bottom: black lacquer with assorted crests (mon) in sprinkled and painted gold lacquer; 2 brass carrying rings; b) tray: black lacquer with painted gold curvilinear design on lip; c) lid: deep, straight sided; pine tree, prunus and crests in sprinkled and painted gold lacquer; sides with painted crests; paper tag inside reads “1882”; handbox with usually one tray for storing of toilet articles and smaller boxesHearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Box, accession number 9-9545a-c, described as box; deep rectangular black and gold lacquered wood; a) bottom: black lacquer with assorted crests (mon) in sprinkled and painted gold lacquer; 2 brass carrying rings; b) tray: black lacquer with painted gold curvilinear design on lip; c) lid: deep, straight sided; pine tree, prunus and crests in sprinkled and painted gold lacquer; sides with painted crests; paper tag inside reads “1882”; handbox with usually one tray for storing of toilet articles and smaller boxesHearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Box, accession number 9-9545a-c, described as box; deep rectangular black and gold lacquered wood; a) bottom: black lacquer with assorted crests (mon) in sprinkled and painted gold lacquer; 2 brass carrying rings; b) tray: black lacquer with painted gold curvilinear design on lip; c) lid: deep, straight sided; pine tree, prunus and crests in sprinkled and painted gold lacquer; sides with painted crests; paper tag inside reads “1882”; handbox with usually one tray for storing of toilet articles and smaller boxesHearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Box, accession number 9-9545a-c, described as box; deep rectangular black and gold lacquered wood; a) bottom: black lacquer with assorted crests (mon) in sprinkled and painted gold lacquer; 2 brass carrying rings; b) tray: black lacquer with painted gold curvilinear design on lip; c) lid: deep, straight sided; pine tree, prunus and crests in sprinkled and painted gold lacquer; sides with painted crests; paper tag inside reads “1882”; handbox with usually one tray for storing of toilet articles and smaller boxesHearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Box, accession number 9-9545a-c, described as box; deep rectangular black and gold lacquered wood; a) bottom: black lacquer with assorted crests (mon) in sprinkled and painted gold lacquer; 2 brass carrying rings; b) tray: black lacquer with painted gold curvilinear design on lip; c) lid: deep, straight sided; pine tree, prunus and crests in sprinkled and painted gold lacquer; sides with painted crests; paper tag inside reads “1882”; handbox with usually one tray for storing of toilet articles and smaller boxes
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 9-9545a-c, described as box; deep rectangular black and gold lacquered wood; a) bottom: black lacquer with assorted crests (mon) in sprinkled and painted gold lacquer; 2 brass carrying rings; b) tray: black lacquer with painted gold curvilinear design on lip; c) lid: deep, straight sided; pine tree, prunus and crests in sprinkled and painted gold lacquer; sides with painted crests; paper tag inside reads “1882”; handbox with usually one tray for storing of toilet articles and smaller boxes

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