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Covered box with inset tray
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Covered box with inset tray

Date18th century
Maker Japanese
Label TextEach lacquer piece is decorated with designs made by scattering bronze particles directly onto the soft lacquer in a technique known as maki-e, literally "sprinkled picture." Invented in the Heian period (794-1185), this technique was brought to new heights in the Edo period by artists such as Koami and Igarashi Shinsai.
Object number34.81.6
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions3 x 2 1/2 in. (7.62 x 6.4cm)
MediumLacquer and bronze
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Covered Box with Tray
Japanese
18th century
Object number: 34.81.1
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Covered Box with Tray
Japanese
18th century
Object number: 34.81.2
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Covered box with tray
Japanese
18th century
Object number: 34.81.3
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Covered box
Japanese
18th century
Object number: 34.81.7
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Tray
Japanese
Object number: 40.188.4
Small diamond shaped box with inner tray (kobako)
Small diamond shaped box with inner tray (kobako)
Japanese
ca. 1880
Object number: 91.136
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Covered box
Japanese
early 20th Century
Object number: 83.84
Image Not Available for Covered Guri Lacquer Box
Covered Guri Lacquer Box
Japanese
Object number: 48.90
Image Not Available for Covered Guri lacquer box
Covered Guri lacquer box
Japanese
19th century
Object number: 49.88
Small covered box (kobako)
Small covered box (kobako)
Japanese
19th century
Object number: 91.127
Small Covered Box (kobako) in the form of a double-diamond
Small Covered Box (kobako) in the form of a double-diamond
Japanese
ca. 1780
Object number: 91.135
Covered box
Covered box
Japanese
late 12th - early 14th century
Object number: 40.40