Carved red lacquer box with hinged lid

Japanese Collection

Accession Nr.: 4163
Type: object for daily use; lacquers
Date of production:
before 1869
Edo (Tokugawa) period
Place of production:
Acquisition: collected by János Xántus
Marks: Signed with "X" on the base.
Materials/Techniques: wood, red lacquer, carved, metal hinges
Dimensions: height: 6.4 cm
width: 19.8 cm
depth: 13 cm
Decorated with floral motifs on a geometric star-patterned base. Unsigned. Purchased by János Xántus in Japan in 1869.