Octagonal Food Box
late 1700s
Maker Unknown
Japanese Art
Octagonal Food Box, late 1700s. Japan, Edo period (1615-1868). Wood with black lacquer and mother-of-pearl (Ryukyuan); overall: 39.4 cm (15 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Robert H. Ellsworth, Ltd. 1991.60
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Lacquer
- Formatted Medium
- wood with black lacquer and mother-of-pearl (Ryukyuan)
- Medium
- wood, black, lacquer, mother-of-pearl, ryukyuan
- Dimensions
- Overall: 39.4 cm (15 1/2 in.)
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 1991.60
- Credit Line
- Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Robert H. Ellsworth, Ltd.
- Exhibitions
- Notable Acquisitions
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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