Writing Box with Spitting Courtesan

Unknown maker

Medium: Lacquered wood with maki-e (image made of sprinkled gold dust)
Dimensions: Box: 21.6 x 19.8 x 3.2 cm (8 1/2 x 7 13/16 x 1 1/4 in.); Closed: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.); Cover: 20.7 x 20.7 cm (8 1/8 x 8 1/8 in.)
Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Department: Japanese Art
Classification: Lacquer
Dated: early to mid-1800s
Pixels: 3400 × 1795
SHA-256: e390258bc99df6ba…
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License, verbatimCC0

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Writing Box with Spitting Courtesan. early to mid-1800s. The Cleveland Museum of Art.