Unidentified
Letter Box Decorated with Longevity Symbols (bamboo, pine, crane and tortoise)
1800
Scroll
Unidentified
Letter Box Decorated with Longevity Symbols (bamboo, pine, crane and tortoise)
1800
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
Katy Rothkopf, BMA, "Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore," circulated to The Jewish Museum, New York, May 6-September 25, 2011; Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, November 4, 2011-February 10, 2012; Vancouver Art Gallery, June 2-September 23, 2012.
Collection installation, "Asia. The Art & Business of Writing", Levy Gallery, Baltimore Museum of Art, October 5, 2023-
Collection installation, "Asia. The Art & Business of Writing", Levy Gallery, Baltimore Museum of Art, October 5, 2023-
Karen Levitov, "Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore," New York: The Jewish Museum, 2011, p. 78.
Artist Artist
Unidentified
On View: Levy Gallery 1, Case 02/C
