About the Artwork
Cover for Oblong Box
17th century
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Japanese
Ryukyuan
Black lacquer wood with litharge painting
box and cover: 5 x 14 5/8 x 3 in. 12.7 x 37.3 x 7.6 cm
Lacquer
Asian Art
Founders Society Purchase with funds from anonymous donor
1985.9.B
Public Domain
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Arakawa Hirokazu and Tokugawa Yoshinobu, RYUKYU SHIKKOGEI, Tokyo, 1977, pl 299 (color), pl 299, p 299.
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Ryukyuan, Japanese, Cover for Oblong Box, 17th century, Black lacquer wood with litharge painting. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from anonymous donor, 1985.9.B.
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