id: 144289 accession number: 1969.124.b share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.124.b updated: 2023-03-11 20:50:47.729000 Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Design of Pine, Camellia, and Bamboo (lid), 1400s. Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573). Lacquer on wood with decoration in maki-e; overall: 24.2 x 22.6 cm (9 1/2 x 8 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1969.124.b title: Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Design of Pine, Camellia, and Bamboo (lid) title in original language: 松椿竹蒔絵硯箱 series: series in original language: creation date: 1400s creation date earliest: 1400 creation date latest: 1499 current location: creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573) technique: lacquer on wood with decoration in maki-e department: Japanese Art collection: Japanese Art type: Lacquer find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 24.2 x 22.6 cm (9 1/2 x 8 7/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Cleveland Museum of Art, 1970: Year in Review 1969.
Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 120); March 11, 2003 - July 13, 2004. --- PROVENANCE (Setsu Gatodo) date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: The metal water dropper inside the box above the ink stone also has pine and camellia motifs. digital description: Writing boxes were indispensible personal possessions for the literate of medieval Japan. Beyond containing the tools for artistic expression and communication such as an ink stone, writing brushes, and a water dropper, writing boxes often featured scenes from classical literature or symbolic motifs rendered in a wide array of complex lacquer techniques. wall description: Writing boxes were indispensible personal possessions for the literate of medieval Japan. Beyond containing the tools for artistic expression and communication such as an ink stone, writing brushes, and a water dropper, writing boxes often featured scenes from classical literature or symbolic motifs rendered in a wide array of complex lacquer techniques. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 378 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n398 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.124.b/1969.124.b_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.124.b/1969.124.b_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1969.124.b/1969.124.b_full.tif