Natsume

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Artist Unknown Japanese

CultureJapanese

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Natsume
Tea Caddy

Datec. 1850

MediumLacquerware with gold and silver

Dimensions3 × 3 in. (7.6 × 7.6 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Dr. Ellen R. Gritz and Mr. Milton D. Rosenau, Jr., Nanako and Dale Tingleaf, Mr. and Mrs. J. Hugh Roff, Jr., Ms. Miwa S. Sakashita and Dr. John R. Stroehlein, Stephen E. Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. Meredith J. Long, Mr. and Mrs. Randy Sim, and Elizabeth and David Copeland in memory of Barbara E. Butler

Object number2015.283.A,.B

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Department

Asian Art

Object Type

VESSELS

ProvenancePrivate collection, Kumamoto, Japan;
[Erik Thomsen Asian Art, New York];
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, 2015
Published References References to Japanese lacquer: Barbra Teri Okada. "Symbol & Substance in Japanese Lacquer: Lacquer boxes from the Collection of Elaine Ehrenkranz." New York: Weatherill, 1995. Eskenazi Ltd. "Eskenazi: The Charles A. Greenfield collection of Japanese lacquer: 20 November-7 December 1990, Foxglove House." London: Eskenazi, 1900. Rivers, Shayne, Rupery Faulkner, and Boris Pretzel. "East Asian lacquer: material culture, science and conservation." London: Archetype Publications in association with the V & A, 2011. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

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