Storage Case (Karabitsu), Muromachi period (1392–1573), 1422, Japan, Red over black lacquer on wood with gilt bronze fittings (Negoro ware), H. 13 in. (33 cm); W. 15 3/4 in. (40 cm); L. 22 1/8 in. (56.2 cm), Lacquer, The karabitsu (literally, Chinese chest) is a rectangular lidded chest raised on four legs. The name implies a foreign origin for this elegant and functional form, used in Japan since the Nara period (645–794) to store precious objects, but no prototype has survived in China
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Storage Case, Karabitsu, Muromachi period, 1392–1573, 1422, Japan, Red, black lacquer, wood, gilt bronze fittings, Negoro ware, H, 13, 33 cm, W, 15 3/4, 40, L, 22 1/8, 56.2, Lacquer, karabitsu, literally, Chinese chest, rectangular lidded, chest, raised, four legs, name implies, foreign origin, elegant, functional form, Nara, 645–794, store precious, objects, no prototype, survived, China
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