Caption

Box with a lid. Japanese, Meiji period 2nd half of the 19th century. Wooden core covered with lacquer; carved red lacquer on the outside, black lacquer on the inside. Decoration: dragons iconography, dragon with a pearl. Function: container. Height 3.5 cm; diameter 10.9 cm; weight 149 g., A round carved object with a lid featuring a raised dragon design, shown against a plain gray background; the object is predominantly red with darker red and black shading in the carved areas, and the sides have smooth glossy red surfaces.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A29_164

License type

Rights managed

Available size

54.1Mb (747.6Kb) / 16.4in x 12.8in / 4931 x 3838 (300dpi)

Keywords

Box lid Japanese Meiji period 2nd half 19th century Wooden core covered lacquer carved red outside black lacquer inside Decoration dragons iconography dragon pearl Function container Height 3.5 cm diameter 10.9 cm weight 149 g round object lid featuring raised dragon design shown plain gray background predominantly red darker red black shading carved areas sides smooth glossy surfaces.