Detail View: The AMICA Library: Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Spitting Courtesan

AMICA ID: 
CMA_.1963.260
AMICA Library Year: 
2003
Object Type: 
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Nationality: 
Japan, Edo Period (1615-1868)
Creator Name-CRT: 
Japan, Edo Period (1615-1868)
Title: 
Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Spitting Courtesan
Title Type: 
Primary
View: 
Full View
Creation Date: 
c. 1800
Creation Start Date: 
1795
Creation End Date: 
1805
Materials and Techniques: 
lacquer on wood with decoration in maki-e (gold dust)
Classification Term: 
Lacquer
Style or Period: 
Japan, Edo Period (1615-1868)
Dimensions: 
Box: 21.6cm x 19.8cm x 3.2cm, Cover: 20.7cm x 20.7cm
AMICA Contributor: 
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: 
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 
1963.260
Credit Line: 
Worcester R. Warner Collection
Rights: 
Provenance: 
Tomkinson(N. V. Hammer)
Context: 
The scene depicted here may have been borrowed from a color woodblock print or a painting. The woman mischievously spurts black tooth stain from her mouth onto a wall to form the characters in a message that reads "perseverance in love."
Related Image Identifier Link: 
CMA_.1963.260.tif