Writing Box
maker
Unknown
Datelate 18th century
Place MadeJapan, East Asia
MediumLacquered wood, with gold and silver decoration
Dimensions15.2 x 41.4 x 34.3 cm (6 x 16 5/16 x 13 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsBoxes
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberC39.a-b
eMuseum ID722836
EmbARK ObjectID15555
Previous NumberC45
Original NumberCR39
Previous NumberC39
TMS Source ID4099
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesMorris Carter. Isabella Stewart Gardner and Fenway Court (Boston, 1925; Reprint, Boston, 1972), p. 192.
Yasuko Horioka et al. Oriental and Islamic Art: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1975), p. 87, no. 38, ill.
Alan Chong and Noriko Murai. Journeys East: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Asia. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2009), pp. 28-30 figs. 23-24, 39 fig. 40, 48-49 n. 79.
Holly Salmon, "From Tree Sap to Tea Jar: East Asian Lacquer," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 9 February 2021, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/tree-sap-tea-jar-east-asian-lacquer
Yasuko Horioka et al. Oriental and Islamic Art: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1975), p. 87, no. 38, ill.
Alan Chong and Noriko Murai. Journeys East: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Asia. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2009), pp. 28-30 figs. 23-24, 39 fig. 40, 48-49 n. 79.
Holly Salmon, "From Tree Sap to Tea Jar: East Asian Lacquer," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 9 February 2021, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/tree-sap-tea-jar-east-asian-lacquer
ProvenanceNotesGift from Henry L. Higginson (1834-1919), founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, to Isabella Stewart Gardner, December 1901.
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