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

18th or early 19th century

Medium

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

Tags

Dimensions

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

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

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

Classification

Lacquer

Department

Asian Art

Culture

Japan

Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Rights

Public Domain

About Hon'ami Kōetsu

1558–1638Japan

Famed as a calligrapher, artist, and sword connoisseur.