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Writing box with Camões inscription

Unrecorded maker

late 16th century · Wood, lacquer, gold and iron

Writing Box

Unknown

1650–1700 · Wood with bone, tortoise shell, and ebony inlay; iron hardware

Writing box

Ferdinand Plitzner (d. 1724)

ca. 1715–20 · Oak, cedar, exotic hardwood, and ebonized fruitwood; marquetry in pewter, brass, and tortoiseshell; silver

Writing box

Unrecorded maker

ca. 1750 –1760 · Enameled copper; implements of glass, gilt copper, and enameled copper

Writing box

Nicolas-Denis Derome (d. 1790)

ca. 1783 · Gilt-tooled red morocco leather; pale green silk lining with gold braid

Box for writing implements with design of ancient coins

Unrecorded maker

18th century · Gold and mixed metal makie with inlaid mother-of-pearl, on black lacquer

Box for Inkstone and Writing Implements (Suzuribako) with Geese against Mount Fuji in Moonlight and (inner lid) with Plovers by the Seashore

Unrecorded maker

early to mid-19th century · Black lacquer ground with gold and silver maki-e

Box for Inkstone and Writing Implements (Suzuribako)

Unrecorded maker

19th century · Wood, lacquer sprinkled with gold, black lacquer, and shell inlay

Red lacquer box for an inkstone

Unrecorded maker

19th century · Lacquer and brass

Table and Writing Set

Kubo Shunman (d. 1820)

19th century · Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Writing Box with Illustrated Books

Unrecorded maker

19th century · Gold and silver maki-e on gold-sprinkled lacquer

Inkstone Box (Suzuribako) and Document Box (Ryōshibako)

Iizuka Hōsai II (d. 1934)

1923 · Timber bamboo, rattan, lacquer, and gold powder