Box with the Poet Narihira, Edo period (1615–1868), early 19th century, Japan, Black lacquer over copper, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, H. 1 in. (2.5 cm); W. 3 3/4 in. ( 9.5 cm); L. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm), Lacquer, Metal boxes decorated with pearl shell were produced in Kyoto in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries for trade with the Dutch, who had limited access to Japan through the port at Nagasaki
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Box, Poet Narihira, Edo period, 1615–1868, early 19th century, Japan, Black lacquer, copper, inlaid, mother, pearl, H, 1, 2.5 cm, W, 3 3/4, 9.5, L, 5 1/4, 13.3, Lacquer, Metal boxes, decorated, pearl shell, produced, Kyoto, late eighteenth, nineteenth, centuries, trade, Dutch, limited access, port, Nagasaki
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