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Lid of Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Chrysanthemum and Plum
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About this work
Both functional and elegant, this is a container for an ink stone, brushes, and ink from a set of writing tools that included a larger box for paper. Against a sleek gold lacquered ground, its artist has used restraint in sprinkled powder decoration (maki-e) to produce the design of cockscomb and harvested rice on the interior of the lid.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineLid of Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Chrysanthemum and Plum, late 1800s-early 1900s. Japan. Lacquer over wood with gold and silver sprinkled powder (maki-e). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Maud Eells Corning, 1992.389.b
