Covered box with butterflies and flowers
Maker
Unidentified artist
DateLate 18th century
MediumWood, inlay, enamel, lacquer, turquoise, gold, shell, and oral
Dimensions3 1/8 x 7 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches (8 x 19.7 x 23.5 cm)
CultureJapan
ClassificationsDecorative Arts
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Howard S. Liddell
Terms
- Decorative Arts
- Vessels - Boxes
- Japanese
- Coral
- Enamel
- Gold
- Inlay
- Lacquer
- Shell
- Turquoise
- Animals
- Bamboo
- Birds
- Bodies of water
- Boxes (containers)
- Butterflies
- Flowers
- Geometric patterns
- Insects
- Marshes
- Plants
- Vessels - Boxes
- Wood
Object number78.018.006
Collections
18th-19th century
Meiji period (1868–1912)
19th century
Unidentified artist