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Snuffbox with Japanese Motifs
(18th and 19th Centuries )
In the making of this snuffbox, real Japanese lacquer panels, cut from imported boxes, have been used and set into a gold framework.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
James A. Garland; Sale, New York, 1910, no. 100; General Brayton Ives, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, American Art Association, New York, April 8, 1915, no. 179; Harding, New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore, January 7, 1916, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1984 | The Taste of Maryland: Art Collecting in Maryland 1800-1934. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
France, Paris (Place of Origin)
Measurements
1 7/16 x 2 3/16 in. (3.6 x 5.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1916
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
57.155