伝本阿弥光悦 橅夫蒔絵硯箱|Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Woodcutter

Hon'ami Kōetsu

18th or early 19th century

伝本阿弥光悦 橅夫蒔絵硯箱|Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Woodcutter by Hon'ami Kōetsu

Medium

Gold maki-e on black lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay

Dimensions

H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); W. 9 in. (22.9 cm); L. 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm)

Classification

Lacquer

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929

Accession Number

29.100.689

Tags

Men

About the Artist

Hon'ami Kōetsu · 15581638

Famed as a calligrapher, artist, and sword connoisseur.

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