Gold lacquer box with gourd and insect motifs

Accession Nr.:	4850.1-2
Type:	object for daily use; lacquers
Date of production:	first half of the 19th century Edo (Tokugawa) period
Place of production:	Japan
Acquisition:	collected by János Xántus

Marks:	"X 354" on a round-shaped paper sticker.
Materials/Techniques:	wood, lacquer, maki-e
Dimensions:	height: 17.9 cm width: 13.7 cm depth: 1.7 cm

Lidded box decorated with motifs on both sides: grasshopper, bellcricket and gourds. Maki-e. Unsigned. Purchased by János Xántus in Japan in 1869.