About the Artwork
Document Box
18th century
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Japanese
Ryukyuan
Red lacquer and gold on wood
Overall: 6 1/4 × 17 3/8 × 12 1/2 inches (15.9 × 44.1 × 31.8 cm)
Lacquer
Asian Art
Founders Society Purchase, G. Albert Lyon Foundation Fund, L. A. Young Fund, Benson and Edith Ford Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Buhl Ford II Fund, Mr. and Mrs. Alvan Macauley, Jr. Fund, and Mary Martin Semmes Fund
1987.18
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Provenance
(Klaus F. Naumann, Tokyo, Japan);1987-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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"Family Art Game," DIA Advertising Supplement, Detroit Free Press. April 27, 1997, p.24 (ill.).
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Ryukyuan, Japanese, Document Box, 18th century, red lacquer and gold on wood. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, G. Albert Lyon Foundation Fund, L. A. Young Fund, et al., 1987.18.
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