The Burke Collection
Writing box (suzuribako, 硯箱) with owl
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750-1

Catalogue information

Edo period, 17th century

Black lacquer with gold maki-e and pictorial pearskin ground (e-nashiji, 絵梨地)

3.6 x 9.8 x 19.6 cm (1 3/8 x 3 7/8 x 7 3/4 in.)

Gift from Setsu Iwao

Donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015

Literature

Tokyo National Museum 1985a, no. 119
Tokyo National Museum
1985a
Nihon bijutsu meihin ten: New York Burke Collection / A Selection of Japanese Art from the Mary and Jackson Burke Collection. Exh. cat. Tokyo: Chunichi Shimbun.

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Avitabile 1990, no. 122.
Avitabile, Gunhild
1990
[Editor]. Die Kunst des alten Japan: Meisterwerke aus der Mary and Jackson Burke Collection, New York. Exh. cat. Frankfurt: Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt.

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