Tiered Food Box with Stand

late 1700s

Maker Unknown

Japanese Art

Tiered Food Box with Stand, late 1700s. Japan, Edo period (1615-1868). Red lacquer over a wood core, with litharge painting and engraved gold designs (Ryukyuan); overall: 53 x 68 cm (20 7/8 x 26 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1989.5

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Maker Unknown
Classification: Lacquer
Formatted Medium: red lacquer over a wood core, with litharge painting and engraved gold designs (Ryukyuan)
Medium: red, lacquer, over, wood, core, litharge, painting, engraved, gold, designs, ryukyuan
Dimensions: Overall: 53 x 68 cm (20 7/8 x 26 3/4 in.)
Departments: Japanese Art
Accession Number: 1989.5
Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Exhibitions: The Year in Review for 1989, Asian Autumn: Splendid Variety: 18th-Century Art in Japan
Rights Statement: CC0