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Inkstone Box (Suzuribako) with Boat, Egret, and Reed Design
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Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold, silver, and sabi urushi (thick lacquer paste) utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground), and e-nashiji (pictorial "pear-skinned" ground) techniques and with sheet-lead, glazed-ceramic, and raden (mother-of-pearl) inlays; stone and metal fittings
Department of Asian Art
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum The Elaine Ehrenkranz Collection of Japanese Lacquer Boxes; Gift of Elaine Ehrenkranz
Title: Inkstone Box (Suzuribako) with Boat, Egret, and Reed Design
Description:
Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold, silver, and sabi urushi (thick lacquer paste) utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground), and e-nashiji (pictorial "pear-skinned" ground) techniques and with sheet-lead, glazed-ceramic, and raden (mother-of-pearl) inlays; stone and metal fittings.
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