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Small covered box (kobako)
Small covered box (kobako)

Small covered box (kobako)

Date19th century
Object number91.127
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "A Thousand Years of Beauty: Japanese Art in Seattle", July 16, 2001 - November 17, 2002
Credit LineGift of the Robert B. and Honey Dootson Collection
DimensionsOverall h.: 4 cm .a H.: 1 1/4 in. .b H.: 9/16 in. Overall w.: 3 1/8 in. Overall length: 4 1/4 in.
MediumLacquer, gold, and inlaid mother of pearl
Incense box
Japanese
ca. 1850
Object number: 91.129
Tray
Chinese
18th century
Object number: 55.213
Chinese
1662-1722
Object number: 50.98.1
Chinese
1662-1722
Object number: 50.98.2
Chinese
17th century
Object number: 2023.11.159
Photo: Scott Leen
Chinese
Object number: 2023.11.160
Inro, Ojime and Netsuke
Japanese
mid 18th century
Object number: 55.52
Writing box
Japanese
20th century
Object number: 2001.3
Oblong covered box
Chinese
15th century
Object number: 74.22
Photo: National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, Republic of Korea
Korean
late 18th-early 19th century
Object number: 93.165