Twelve-lobed black lacquer box

first half 14th century

Chinese

Wood and lacquer

5 1/16 x 6 9/16 x 16 7/8 in. (12.9 x 16.7 x 42.9 cm)

Margaret E. Fuller Purchase Fund, Asian Art Council, and Asian Art Department Fund

85.280

Provenance: Klaus F. Naumann, Tokyo, Japan; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, purchased with funds from the Margaret E. Fuller Purchase Fund, Asian Art Council, and Asian Department Funds, October 7, 1985

Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Not currently on view

Resources

Published References"Art of Asia Acquired by North American Museums, 1986," in the Archives of Asian Art, Vol. 40 (1987), p. 79-92, illus no. 47.

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