Scroll or letter box (fubako) w/ design of crane, tortoise, pine and bamboo
Maker
Unidentified artist
Date19th century
MediumBlack with gold lacquer; two gold cords with tassels
Dimensions3 × 15 3/8 × 3 1/2 inches (7.6 × 39.1 × 8.9 cm)
CultureJapan
ClassificationsDecorative Arts
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Howard S. Liddell
Terms
- Decorative Arts
- Black and gold lacquer
- Cord
- Amphibians
- Animals
- Bamboo
- Birds
- Boxes (containers)
- Crests
- Flowers
- Longevity
- Manchurian cranes
- Pine trees
- Plant-derived motifs
- Plants
- Quatrefoils
- Reptiles
- Rings
- Symbols
- Tassels
- Tortoises
- Turtles
- Vessels - Boxes
- Writing tools
- Japanese
Object number83.058.001
Collections
Kubo Shunman
Unidentified artist
Edo period (1615-1868)
Unidentified artist
Toju
