Cosmetic box

Unknown artist

Date: first half of the 15th century

Medium: Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, gold, silver foil application on nashiji ground; gilt bronze fittings

Dimensions: H. 10 5/8 in. (27 cm); W. 13 3/4 in. (35 cm); D. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)

Classification: Lacquer

Culture: Japan

Period: Muromachi period (1392–1573)

Purchase, John and Pauline Gandel Gift and Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation Fund, 2019

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