Box for Hair Ornaments (motoyui-bako) with Pine, Bamboo, Plum, and Tokugawa Family Crest on Wood-Grain Ground
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Title: Box for Hair Ornaments (motoyui-bako) with Pine, Bamboo, Plum, and Tokugawa Family Crest on Wood-Grain Ground
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: early 18th century
Culture: Japan
Medium: Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, togidashimaki-e, gold and silver foil application, gold and silver inlay on wood-grain lacquer ground
Dimensions: H. 9 in. (22.9 cm); W. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm); L. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm)
Classification: Lacquer
Credit Line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Accession Number: 29.100.676a, b
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