Getting started with the collection:
Writing box ‘A Pair of Cranes in an Old Pine Tree’
Kamisaka Sekka (1866-1942), Miki Hyoetsu I (1877-1949), Ito Tozan II (1871-1932), Japan, c. 1910-1925, maki-e with lead and ceramic inlay
This simple writing box with lead and ceramic inlay is characteristic of the style of the designer Kamisaka Sekka. For this box he worked together with the ceramicist Tozan and the lacquer master Hyoetsu. Such collaboration was common among Rinpa artists.
- Artwork typeschrijfcassette
- Object numberAK-C-2016-9
- Dimensionsheight 3.5 cm x width 10 cm x depth 25.5 cm
- Physical characteristicslakwerk













