Object details
Accession number
F25n15.a-f
Primary Creator
Japanese
Full title
Writing Box (Suzuribako)
Creation Date
19th century
Provenance
Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection before 1903.
Dimensions
24.1 x 22.9 x 5.1 cm (9 1/2 x 9 x 2 in.)
Display Media
Lacquered wood, with gold and silver decoration
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Permanent Gallery Location
Veronese Room
Bibliography
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 202.
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 8, no. 30 (28 Mar. 1965), p. 2.
Yasuko Horioka et al. Oriental and Islamic Art: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1975), p. 88, no. 39, ill.
Alan Chong and Noriko Murai. Journeys East: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Asia. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2009), pp. 412 fig. 4, 418 n. 4.
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