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Collection Online as of April 22, 2024

Octagonal Food Box

Octagonal Food Box

late 1700s
(1615-1868)
wood with black lacquer and mother-of-pearl (Ryukyuan)
Overall: 39.4 cm (15 1/2 in.)
Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Robert H. Ellsworth, Ltd. 1991.60
Location: not on view
  • ?–1991
    (Yanagi Fine Art Shop, Kyoto, Japan, sold to Robert H. Ellsworth, Ltd. as gift for 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 (June 1991): 63–147. Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 145 www.jstor.org
  • Notable Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 15, 1991).
  • {{cite web|title=Octagonal Food Box|url=false|author=|year=late 1700s|access-date=22 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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