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Document identity
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156132
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Octagonal Food Box
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object
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Source metadata
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156132
contentType
object
title
Octagonal Food Box
date
late 1700s
citation
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79945155
genreSpecific
Lacquer
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 39.4 cm (15 1/2 in.)
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Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
accession
1991.6
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wood with black lacquer and mother-of-pearl (Ryukyuan)
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Octagonal Food Box, late 1700s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Wood with black lacquer and mother-of-pearl (Ryukyuan); overall: 39.4 cm (15 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Robert H. Ellsworth, Ltd., 1991.60
collection
Japanese Art
citations
citation
Cunningham, Michael R. "Notable Acquisitions." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 78, no. 3 (June 1991): 63–147.
page_number
Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 145
creditline
Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Robert H. Ellsworth, Ltd.
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2026-05-29 08:07:09.018000
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156132
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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wood with black lacquer and mother-of-pearl (Ryukyuan)
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