Octagonal food box (Jubako)
Date19th century
MediumWood; brown, gold, and silver lacquers; gold-flecked paper; and silk
Dimensions17 3/4 × 15 1/4 inches (45.1 × 38.7 cm)
CultureJapanese
ClassificationsDecorative Arts
Credit LineGift of Professor Ellen C. Oppler
Terms
- Decorative Arts
- Vessels - Boxes
- Japanese
- Silk
- Lacquer
- Gold-flecked paper
- Boxes (containers)
- Crests
- Ferns
- Grasses
- Paulownia leaves
- Plant-derived motifs
- Plants
- Rock
- Vessels - Boxes
- Wood
Object number2001.145.003
Collections
Unidentified artist
19th century
ca 1750 (1421?)