Fall-Front Cabinet with Flowers and Birds Artist: Unknown

late 16th century

Asian Art

Not on view
Medium

Hinoki cypress with black lacquer, sprinkled gold lacquer, inlaid mother-of-pearl, and bronze fittings

Dimensions

12 3/16 × 17 5/8 × 11 1/4 in. (31 × 44.7 × 28.6 cm)
Open: 21 1/2 in. (54.61 cm)

Credit Line

Purchased with a gift from the Japan Foundation Endowment of the Council on East Asian Studies and with the Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., Class of 1913, Fund

Accession Number

2017.61.1a-b

Geography

Japan

Culture

Japanese

Period

Momoyama period (1573–1615)

Classification

Containers

Disclaimer

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Provenance
According to the dealer, the owner purchased the cabinet from an English Art Nouveau dealer prior to 2008. The latter stated that it came from an unidentified private collection in England.
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (December 1, 2017), 18
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Subject

birds (animals)

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