Writing Box with Insert, Inkstone, Waterdropper and Ink Stick (interior view)
1800
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Writing Box with Insert, Inkstone, Waterdropper and Ink Stick (interior view)
1800
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
Top of the lid is decorated with palanquin; its interior with 2 archers. Maple leaves on water decorate the waterdropper; and two rabbits, the ink stick.
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
Frances Klapthor, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Poetic Imagery of Japanese Art," February 22-August 8, 2010. (Levy Rotation)
