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Letter Box Decorated with Longevity Symbols (bamboo, pine, crane and tortoise) - Image 1
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Letter Box Decorated with Longevity Symbols (bamboo, pine, crane and tortoise) - Image 3
Letter Box Decorated with Longevity Symbols (bamboo, pine, crane and tortoise) - Image 4
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Letter Box Decorated with Longevity Symbols (bamboo, pine, crane and tortoise)

1800-1899

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Unidentified

Letter Box Decorated with Longevity Symbols (bamboo, pine, crane and tortoise)

1800-1899

Physical Qualities Gold, red and black lacquer, metal alloy; replaced silk cord, 7.6 x 27.3 x 9.5 cm. (3 x 10 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.)
Credit Line The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number 1950.2010.15
Decorated with pine trees, bamboo, a crane flying above and long-tailed turtle on the ground; gold and red decoration on black ground; replaced red silk cord with tassel.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore; Claribel or Etta Cone, Baltimore; probably purchased in Japan in 1907 on Cone Family trip
Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore

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Karen Levitov, "Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore," New York: The Jewish Museum, 2011, p. 78.

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2000-01-01 00:00:00–2000-01-01 00:00:00

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