Box

Museum number:
9-20370a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210920370a@2dc
Accession number:
Acc.4291
Description:
Box, wood, cinnabar, lacquer, rectangular; three-part; a) bottom, with continuous decoration on lid; black interior; b) lid decorated with carved peacock and peonies on rock, set in quadrifoil surrounded by peonies; c) movable partition, black; date: late 19th Century
Donor:
Yoshiko Uchida
Collection place:
Japan
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers) and Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
December 16, 1987
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Box, accession number 9-20370a-c, described as Box, wood, cinnabar, lacquer, rectangular; three-part; a) bottom, with continuous decoration on lid; black interior; b) lid decorated with carved peacock and peonies on rock, set in quadrifoil surrounded by peonies; c) movable partition, black; date: late 19th CenturyHearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Box, accession number 9-20370a-c, described as Box, wood, cinnabar, lacquer, rectangular; three-part; a) bottom, with continuous decoration on lid; black interior; b) lid decorated with carved peacock and peonies on rock, set in quadrifoil surrounded by peonies; c) movable partition, black; date: late 19th CenturyHearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Box, accession number 9-20370a-c, described as Box, wood, cinnabar, lacquer, rectangular; three-part; a) bottom, with continuous decoration on lid; black interior; b) lid decorated with carved peacock and peonies on rock, set in quadrifoil surrounded by peonies; c) movable partition, black; date: late 19th Century
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 9-20370a-c, described as Box, wood, cinnabar, lacquer, rectangular; three-part; a) bottom, with continuous decoration on lid; black interior; b) lid decorated with carved peacock and peonies on rock, set in quadrifoil surrounded by peonies; c) movable partition, black; date: late 19th Century

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