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Tiered Food Box with Summer and Autumn Fruits

ca. 1868–90
Not on view
This box, designed for the storage and serving of sumptuous edibles at festive occasions, has a continuous design of summer and autumn fruits, including grapes, melons, loquats, and pears. The lacquer ground is a rich, very dark brown decorated with metal and colored lacquer applied using a variety of techniques to create the different fruits.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 明治時代　柴田是真　果蔬蒔絵重箱
  • Title: Tiered Food Box with Summer and Autumn Fruits
  • Artist: Shibata Zeshin (Japanese, 1807–1891)
  • Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
  • Date: ca. 1868–90
  • Culture: Japan
  • Medium: Brown lacquer with gold, silver, and colored lacquer maki-e
  • Dimensions: H. 16 1/8 in. (41 cm); W. 9 in. (22.9 cm); D. 9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm)
  • Classification: Lacquer
  • Credit Line: Purchase, The Vincent Astor Foundation Gift and Parnassus Foundation/Jane and Raphael Bernstein Gift, 2010
  • Object Number: 2010.143a–g
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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