Inkstone Case with Design of Chrysanthemum and Cherry Blossoms (Translation)
金地菊梅蒔繪御硯箱 江戶時代 (Primary Title)

Unknown (Artist)

ca. 1750
Japanese
Lacquer on wood with gold and silver maki-e decoration
3 1/4 x 9 7/8 (diameter) in. (8.2 x 25.1 (diameter) cm); 9 x 11 3/8 x 11 3/8 in. (22.86 x 28.89 x 28.89 cm) (storage case)
72.25a-g
Not on view
Edo period (1615-1868)
None
None
Inscription in gold on the black lacqure box: 金地菊梅蒔繪御硯箱
Gift of the Ellen Bayard Weedon Foundation
"Oriental Splendor", W &L Univ. 17 Nov - 17 Dec 1981
"Japanese Art from the Virginia Museum", Delaware Art Museum 23 Sept - 31 Oct 1982.
"Oriental Splendor", Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, Va., 2 - 29 March 1983.
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