Lid for a Tiered Food Box

late 1700s

Maker Unknown

Japanese Art

Lid for a Tiered Food Box, late 1700s. Japan, Edo period (1615-1868). Red lacquer over a wood core, with litharge painting and engraved gold designs (Ryukyuan); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1989.5.a

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
Departments: Japanese Art
Accession Number: 1989.5.a
Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Exhibitions: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990: Year in Review 1989.
Rights Statement: CC0