id:			123668
accession number:	1944.219.a
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1944.219.a
updated:		2023-12-05 09:03:19.387000

Letter Box, 1615–1868. Japan, Edo period (1615-1868). Lacquer; overall: 23 cm (9 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection 1944.219.a

title:				Letter Box
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creation date:			1615–1868
creation date earliest:		1615
creation date latest:		1868
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creditline:			The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection
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culture:	Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
technique:	lacquer
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Lacquer
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measurements: Overall: 23 cm (9 1/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Arts of Japan from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   1979-03-25T05:00:00
	<i>Arts of Japan from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH (organizer) (March 25-April 22, 1979).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>In the Nature of Materials - Japanese Decorative Arts</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 18–February 20, 1977).

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PROVENANCE

	Mrs. Francis F. [Elisabeth Severance Allen] Prentiss [1865–1944], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1944
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1944–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Prentiss, Elisabeth Severance, and Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Catalogue of the Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection; Bequest of Elisabeth Severance Prentiss, 1944</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1944.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 86
	url:		https://archive.org/details/Prentiss/page/n89

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Sŏn Sŭng-hye. <em>The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011.
	page number: 	Mentioned: P. 71; reproduced: P. 73, no. 68
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IMAGES

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