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Box and cover with design of the Eight Buddhist Symbols
Box and cover with design of the Eight Buddhist Symbols

Box and cover with design of the Eight Buddhist Symbols

Date1403-24
Object number51.102
Exhibition HistoryTokyo, Japan, Suntory Museum of Art, Luminous Jewels: Masterpieces of Asian Art From the Seattle Art Museum, July 25 - Sept. 6, 2009 (Kobe, Japan, Kobe City Museum, Sept. 19 - Dec. 6, 2009; Kofu, Japan, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Dec. 23, 2009 - Feb. 28, 2010; Atami, Japan, MOA Museum of Art, Mar. 13 - May 9, 2010; Fukuoka, Japan, Fukuoka Art Museum, May 23 - July 19, 2010).Published ReferencesS.A.M. Engagement Book, July 1968 Garner, Harry M. "The Export of Chinese Lacquer to Japan in the Yüan and Early Ming Dynasties," in Archives of Asian Art, Vol. 25 (1971-1972), pp. 6-28, figs. 7a, 7b, p. 19 H. Trubner, William., J. Rathbun and C. A. Kaputa. "Asiatic Art in the Seattle Art Museum," (1973), p. 181, no .141 (color plate p. 63) "Selected Works." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1991, p. 165 Knight, Michael, "East Asian Lacquers in the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1992, no. 7, p. 12 Kawai, Masatomo, Yasuhiro Nishioka, Yukiko Sirahara, editors. "Luminous Jewels: Masterpieces of Asian Art From the Seattle Art Museum". The Yomiuri Shimbun, 2009, catalogue number 69
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
DimensionsDiameter: 5 3/8 in. (13.7cm)
MediumCarved red lacquer on wood
Photo: Susan A. Cole
Chinese
beginning of 15th century
Object number: 69.132
Chinese
16th - 17th century
Object number: 49.201
Photo: Paul Macapia
Chinese
14th century
Object number: 83.34
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Chinese
1796 - 1820
Object number: 44.103
two views
Chinese
18th century
Object number: 33.911
Photo: Paul Macapia
Chinese
late 15th century
Object number: 51.85
Lotus dish
Chinese
14th century
Object number: 69.52
Photo: Scott Leen
Japanese
Object number: 34.82
Photo: Scott Leen
Japanese
ca. 1750
Object number: 91.130
Snuff bottle:  Eight Taoist Symbols
Chinese
1796-1820
Object number: 33.1215
Photo: Paul Macapia
Chinese
first half 16th century
Object number: 69.96