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East Asian Art

Box with Design of Phoenixes and Paulownia

Made in Japan, Asia

c. 1920

Made by K. Hattori and Company, Tokyo, established 1917

Lacquer on wood with openwork silver frame
4 7/8 x 11 1/4 x 7 5/8 inches (12.4 x 28.6 x 19.4 cm)

Currently not on view

2008-7-4a,b

Gift of Frederick R. McBrien III, 2008

Label

The motif of phoenixes (symbol of the empress) and sixteen-petal-chrysanthemum silver mounts on this box suggest that it was an imperial presentation piece. The silver rim has an incised seal, reading "made by Hattori [company]," but the skilled craftsman remains unidentified.

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  • PublicationThe Art of Japanese Craft: 1875 to the Present

    The motif of phoenixes (symbol of the empress) and sixteen-petal-chrysanthemum silver mounts on this box suggest that it was an imperial presentation piece. The silver rim has an incised seal, reading "made by Hattori [company]," but the skilled craftsman remains unidentified. Felice Fischer, from The Art of Japanese Craft: 1875 to the Present, Philadelphia Museum of Art Bulletin (2008), p. 44.