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Collection Online as of December 20, 2025

Cylindrical Box

1600s

Japan, Edo period

(1615–1868)
wood covered with cloth and brown lacquer, with inlaid mother-of-pearl designs (Ryukyu)
Diameter: 34.5 cm (13 9/16 in.)
Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of James Freeman 1991.57
Location: Not on view
  • ?–1991
    James J. Freeman, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1991–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Cunningham, Michael R. "Notable Acquisitions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 78, no. 3 (1991): 63–147. Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 144 www.jstor.org
  • Notable Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 15, 1991).
    Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991: Notable Acquisitions.
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