Writing Box with Design of Maple Leaves and Bugaku Hat from the Tale of Genji

Style of Ogawa Haritsu  (Japanese, 1663–1747)

Period:
Edo period (1615–1868)
Date:
18th century
Culture:
Japan
Medium:
Gold and glazed pottery on colored lacquer inlaid with mother-of-pearl
Dimensions:
H. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); W. 7 in. (17.8 cm); L 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)
Classification:
Lacquer
Credit Line:
The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936
Accession Number:
36.100.141a–e
60012675

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