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

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Asian Art
Huo Pavilion

Box and cover

Namikawa Sōsuke, 1847–1910; active Japan
Japanese
Meiji era, 1868–1912
2004-366 a-b
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Title
Box and cover
Maker
Namikawa Sōsuke
Medium
Cloisonné enamel with shakudō fittings
Dimensions
h. 3.7 × w. 11.1 × d. 9.1 cm (1 7/16 × 4 3/8 × 3 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Alice and Bernard Gerb in memory of Pauline Lester
Object Number
2004-366 a-b
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Marks/Labels/Seals
Wire and enamel seal on base: Sosuke
Culture
Japanese
Period
Meiji
Type
lids, boxes (containers), cloisonné
Materials
enamel, cloisonné, hardware
Subject
lilies

– Gerd Lester and Pauline Lester collection, by inheritance 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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