Seal Box with Hunters on Horseback, Edo period (1615–1868), 17th–18th century, Japan (Ryūkyū Islands), Black lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay and gold painting, H. 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm); W. 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm); L. 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm), Lacquer, The style of clothing worn by the three equestrian figures on the top of this box identifies them as Mongols, a people who ruled over their vast empire from a capital at Dadu (present-day Beijing) in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries
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Seal Box, Hunters, Horseback, Edo period, 1615–1868, 17th–18th century, Japan, Ryūkyū Islands, Black lacquer, mother, pearl inlay, gold painting, H, 4 3/8, 11.1 cm, W, 6 1/8, 15.6, L, Lacquer, style, clothing worn, three equestrian, figures, top, box identifies, Mongols, people, ruled, vast empire, capital, Dadu, present-day Beijing, thirteenth, fourteenth centuries
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