The Burke Collection
Boxed set for shell-matching game (貝合せ)
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Catalogue information

Edo period, 19th century

Container in black lacquer with gold maki-e; shells with polychrome and gold

Container: H. 44 cm (17 3/8 in.), diam. 35.7 cm (14 in.); diam. of shells 7.9–8.3 cm (3 1/8–3 1/4 in.)

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