Sutra Box
late 16th century
Maker Unknown
Asian Art
This rectangular box and lid are covered with designs evoking the images of autumn, featuring flowers on a garden fence, sprays of chrysanthemums, and bush clover executed in gold lacquer on a black background. Boxes of this kind contained Buddhist ritual implements or sacred scrolls.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Container
- Formatted Medium
- Lacquered wood
- Locations
- Place made: Japan
- Period
- Momoyama Period
- Dimensions
- 6 3/8 x 15 x 9 1/2 in. (16.2 x 38.1 x 24.1 cm) Each tray: 3 1/2 x 14 3/8 x 8 1/2 in. (8.9 x 36.5 x 21.6 cm)
- Departments
- Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 74.108.1a-c
- Credit Line
- Designated Purchase Fund
- Exhibitions
- Lacquer: A Panorama of Asian Decorative Arts
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
- Museum Location
- This item is not on view
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