Portable Writing Table

Portable Writing Table, 17th century

  • Ryukyuan, Japanese

Lacquer on wood with inlaid mother-of-pearl and painted gold

  • Overall: 9 1/2 × 22 1/2 × 11 1/4 inches (24.1 × 57.2 × 28.6 cm)

Founders Society Purchase with funds from Founders Junior Council and the Clarence L. and Henrietta C. Ascher Fund

1988.7

Department

Asian Art

Details

(London Gallery, Ltd.)

1988-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Ryukyuan, Japanese, Portable Writing Table, 17th century, lacquer on wood with inlaid mother-of-pearl and painted gold. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from Founders Junior Council and the Clarence L. and Henrietta C. Ascher Fund, 1988.7.

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