id:			144289
accession number:	1969.124.b
share license status:	CC0
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Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Design of Pine, Camellia, and Bamboo (lid), 1400s. Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573). Lacquered wood with gold and silver sprinkled powder (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
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creation date:			1400s
creation date earliest:		1400
creation date latest:		1499
current location:		235A Japanese
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)
technique:	Lacquered wood with gold and silver sprinkled powder (maki-e)
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Lacquer
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measurements: Overall: 24.2 x 22.6 cm (9 1/2 x 8 7/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Cleveland Museum of Art, 1970: Year in Review 1969.', 'opening_date': '1969-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 120); March 11, 2003 - July 13, 2004.', 'opening_date': '2003-03-11T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Setsu Gatodō Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1969
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1969–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	“Art of Asia Recently Acquired by American Museums, 1969.” <em>Archives of Asian Art</em> 24 (1970): 86–117.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 107
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/20111025

	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1969.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 57, no. 1 (January 1970): 2–51.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 51, no. 238
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152307

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 378
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n398

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