Box Decorated with Chrysanthemum
1899-1924
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Box Decorated with Chrysanthemum
1899-1924
Physical Qualities
Patinated metal, enamel, 4 x 14.7 x 10 cm. (1 9/16 x 5 13/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Stephen W. Fisher, Baltimore
Object Number
2011.350
The box is decorated with a raised wireless design in colored enamels of a spider-chrysanthemum and asters. The patination and doweled corners give the appearance of leather with red, pink, white, yellow and green enamels.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2011; Stephen W. Fisher, Baltimore, by purchase c. 1997-99; Kyoto Shinmonzen-dori antiques shop
Frances Klapthor, BMA, "An Artist's Fresh Glaze," April 30 - November 4, 2012.
