Box and cover
Box and cover
Box and cover
Box and cover
Box and cover
Box and cover

Currently not on view

Box and cover,

ca. 1910–20

Andō Jūbei, 1876–1953
Japanese
Late Meiji era, 1868–1912 | early Taishō era, 1912–1926
2004-375 a-b
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Asian Art website: Cloisonne box and cover

Information

Title
Box and cover
Dates

ca. 1910–20

Maker
Andō Jūbei
Medium
Cloisonné enamel with silver wire, gilt brass and gold
Dimensions
3.2 × 8 cm (1 1/4 × 3 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Alice and Bernard Gerb in memory of Pauline Lester
Object Number
2004-375 a-b
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Inscription
wire seal corresponds to #3 in [Coben & Ferster] p.208 and enamel
Culture
Japanese
Period
Meiji, Taisho
Type
cloisonné, lids, boxes (containers)
Materials
cloisonné, gold, wire, enamel, brass (alloy), silver
Subject
flowers (plants), floral patterns

– Gerd Lester and Pauline Lester collection, by descent to Alice Gerb (Princeton, NJ).
–2004 Alice and Bernard Gerb (Princeton, NJ), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2004.

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