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Chest with Drawer

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Chest with Drawer

Period:: Momoyama period (1573–1615)
Date:: ca. 1600
Culture:: Japan
Medium:: Mother-of-pearl inlay and gold and silver maki-e on black lacquer; gilt copper fittings
Dimensions:: H. 9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm); W. 13 3/16 in. (33.5 cm); L. 19 7/16 in. (49.4 cm)
Classification:: Lacquer
Credit Line:: Purchase, Barbara and William Karatz Gift, 2008
Accession Number:: 2008.182a, b

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Description

This luxurious box, richly decorated with mother-of-pearl inlay, is typical of Nanban, Japanese lacquerware made for export to the Western world.
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