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Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons: Nature, Literature, and the Arts

Part of a Sunday at the Met held in conjunction with the exhibition Designing Nature: The Rinpa Aesthetic in Japanese Art, on view May 26, 2012–January 13, 2013, this lecture features Haruo Shirane, the Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature and Culture, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University.

Recorded September 30, 2012

The exhibition is made possible by The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation.
The catalogue is made possible by the Richard and Geneva Hofheimer Memorial Fund.

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Lobed Box

Period:: Yuan dynasty (1271–1368)
Date:: 14th century
Culture:: China
Medium:: Black lacquer and mother-of-pearl and pewter-wire inlays
Dimensions:: H. 7 in. (17.8 cm); Diam. 8 5/8 in. (22 cm)
Classification:: Lacquer
Credit Line:: Promised Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving
Accession Number:: L.1996.47.3

This artwork is not on display

Description

Lacquer boxes with lobed sides and pewter trim are unique to the Yuan dynasty. Many of these objects were fitted originally with an interior tray that likely was used to hold cosmetics, combs, hairpins, and other adornments.
See also
What
Metal (59,364)

Lacquer (1,745)

Pearl (908)

Pewter (812)

Wire (382)
Where
Asia (68,071)

China (17,417)
When
A.D. 1000-1400 (7,084)
In the Museum
Asian Art (35,222)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
China, 1000–1400 A.D.

Central and North Asia, 1000–1400 A.D.