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Source Description
In the making of this snuffbox, real Japanese lacquer panels, cut from imported boxes, have been used and set into a gold framework.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
12913
label
Snuffbox with Japanese Motifs
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
12913
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Snuffbox with Japanese Motifs
description
In the making of this snuffbox, real Japanese lacquer panels, cut from imported boxes, have been used and set into a gold framework.
provenance
James A. Garland; Sale, New York, 1910, no. 100; General Brayton Ives, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, American Art Association, New York, April 8, 1915, no. 179; Harding, New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore, January 7, 1916, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1750-1751
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Gold, Silver & Jewelry
snuffboxes
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
3.6
height
5.5
dimensionsRaw
1 7/16 x 2 3/16 in. (3.6 x 5.5 cm)
Source extras
med
gold, lacquer
creator_ids
15472
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
170
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
3983fd7cc33ec94b