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Document box with design of a cedar forest
Uematsu Hôbi (Japanese, 1872–1933)
Japanese
Meiji era
1899–1900
Medium/Technique
Wood; lacquer with maki-e decoration and silver rims
Dimensions
Overall: 11.4 x 26.4 x 36.7 cm (4 1/2 x 10 3/8 x 14 7/16 in.)
Lender Accessory: 40 x 29.5 x 16 cm (15 3/4 x 11 5/8 x 6 5/16 in.)
Lender Accessory: 40 x 29.5 x 16 cm (15 3/4 x 11 5/8 x 6 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds by exchange from the Charles Goddard Weld Collection, Julia Bradford Huntington James Fund, a Gift of Yamanaka & Company, Boston, William Sturgis Bigelow Collection, Bequest of Mrs. Thomas O. Richardson, a Gift of Francis Gardner Curtis, a Gift of Mrs. Roger Cutler, a Gift of Mrs. Charles Goddard Weld, and a Gift of Misses Louisa W. and Marian R. Case
Accession Number2006.1155a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsLacquer works
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA Highlights: Arts of Japan (2008), p. 209
Provenance1900, made by the artist for the Exposition Universelle, Paris; by 1907, property of James Orange of Hong Kong; October 31, 1984, sold at Sotheby's, London (lot 225); March 28, 2006, sold to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, at Christie's, New York (lot 391) (accession date: April 26, 2006).