Yoshio Okada
"Hovering" Box with Sprinkled Design of Jellyfish

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"Hovering" Box with Sprinkled Design of Jellyfish
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ArtistJapanese, born 1977
CultureJapanese
Titles
  • "Hovering" Box with Sprinkled Design of Jellyfish
Date2020
MediumMaki-e silver and gold lacquer on a wood base, with shell inlays and onlays
Dimensions5 7/8 × 5 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (14.9 × 14 × 14 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Thomsen Gallery
Object number2025.26.A,.B
Not on view

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Department
Asian Art
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Base: Inscribed in Japanese characters, in gold
Storage box: Lid inscribed in Japanese characters, in black
Box: [none]
Storage box: Lid stamped in red ink with artist seal, bottom left corner

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