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A small square box with lid. Gold lacquered flowers appear on all sides, as well as small crests on one side and on the top of the lid. Part of a bridal trousseau.
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Container with lid
1800 – 1850
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1955/1.162A&B
Autumn flowers are painted in colored lacquer on plates of gold leaf. The quiet, natural plant motifs stand out against the glittering square of gold.
Shibata Zeshin
Plate with Floral Design, one of five
1879 – 1890
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1968/2.56
An elegant writing box, which originally came with a paperknife, a water-dropper, and a stone for grinding the ink. Black laquer with poetic motifs formed out of abalone shells, gold, silver and corroded lead.
Ogata Kōrin
Writing Box (Suzuri-bako)
1661 – 1716
Gift of the Baroness Maud Ledyard von Ketteler
1942.7
The box is covered in detailed floral patterns in lacquer on a black background, with a family crest in the lower right corner of the front and top of the box. Part of a bridal trousseau.
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Rectangular box with cover and inner tray
1800 – 1850
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1955/1.158

Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Bowl
1615 – 1868
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1954/1.548

Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Footed deep bowl
1615 – 1867
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1954/1.547
A rounded bowl with small stand underneath and two handles on either side. Gold covers the side of the handles and runs along the rim of the bowl. Wrapping around the outside of the bowl are gold floral patterns. Part of a bridal trousseau.
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Deep washbowl
1800 – 1850
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1955/1.168
A round three-tiered wooden box with black, red, and gold lacquer. It has geometric and animal designs.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Round Three-Tiered Box
Gift of Ellen and Richard Laing
2006/2.37A-D
This mirror box is decorated with lacquer and mother-of-pearl inlaid designs. Thelid of the box opens upwards, and has brass hinges and a closure in the sahpe of a flower. The lower drawer has a handle in the shape of a bat.<br /> <br /> This box has a mirror attached to the inside of its lid and was used by women. The box is decorated with hexagon and bamboo motifs by employing <em>kkeuneumjil</em> and <em>jureumjil</em> techniques. Hinges made of nickel are decorated with chiseled peonies on a ringmat ground. The corner brackets, or side wrappers, are in &ldquo;I&rdquo; shape. The single drawer has a handle in the shape of a bat, realistic to the extent of depicting antenna. Lacquer was heavily repainted on the base of the drawer. The frame of the mirror inside was decorated with fret-patterned band on left and right sides, and saw-tooth design on upper and lower sides. <p>[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2017) p. 266]</p>
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Mirror Box
19th century
Gift of Ellen and Richard Laing
2006/2.61
It is inlaid with mother-of-pearl designed with scenery and lacquered overall. <br />
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Writing Table
19th century
Gift of Professor George W. Nace
1990/1.180
The long rectangular box with detailed floral patterns in lacquer on a black background. Part of a bridal trousseau.
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Covered oblong box
1800 – 1850
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1955/1.159
Lacquer burgaute snuff bottle with the design of a&nbsp;willow tree hanging over a bridge with a child walking over it and a man dressed in robes waiting on the other side.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Lacquer burgaute snuff bottle
1850 – 1925
Gift of Mr. Robert W. Coggan
1980/2.154
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