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Collection Online as of December 23, 2025

Tiered Food Box with Stand

late 1700s

Japan, Edo period

(1615–1868)
red lacquer over a wood core, with litharge painting and engraved gold designs (Ryukyuan)
Overall: 53 x 68 cm (20 7/8 x 26 3/4 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1989.5
Location: Not on view
  • E. H. T. “The Year in Review: Selections 1989.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 77, no. 2 (February 1990): 38–78. Reproduced: p. 47; Mentioned: p. 79, no. 230 www.jstor.org
    Cunningham, Michael R. Masterworks of Asian art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1998. Reproduced: p. 226 - 227
  • Asian Autumn: Splendid Variety: 18th-Century Art in Japan. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1993-March 6, 1994).
    The Year in Review for 1989. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 6-April 15, 1990).
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