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Writing Box with Insert, Inkstone, Waterdropper and Ink Stick (interior view)

1800-1899

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Writing Box with Insert, Inkstone, Waterdropper and Ink Stick (interior view)

Writing Box with Insert, Inkstone, Waterdropper and Ink Stick (interior view)

Writing Box with Insert, Inkstone, Waterdropper and Ink Stick (interior view)

1800-1899

Physical Qualities Lacquer, silver, metal alloy with gold and mother-of-pearl decoration, 5.2 x 25.3 x 23.9 cm. (2 1/16 x 9 15/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit Line The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number 1950.2010.13
The image of maple leaves floating on the surface of a river alludes to the aristocratic pastime of viewing the colorful maple trees at the Tatsuta River near the capital at Nara.
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
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