Writing Table with Design of Pines and Wisteria

Original Language TitleBundai

CultureJapanese

DateMuromachi period (1392-1568)

MediumBlack lacquer with designs in gold makie (sprinkled gold and silver)

DimensionsOverall: 4 1/2 × 23 1/4 × 13 1/2 inches (11.43 × 59.06 × 34.29 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Mrs. George H. Bunting Jr.

Object number81-27/24

On View

Not on view

Collections

East Asian Art

Terms

DescriptionDark brown lacquer ground, the top decorated with a lake scene of clouds, rock and water, wisteria and pomegranate, in low relief lacquered with plain gold and silver, corners and center of edge decorated with gold lacquer floral bands in imitation of gilt metal fittings.Provenance

Provenance

With Z. Tsushima, Kyoto, by April 15, 1972;

Purchased from Z. Tsushima by Yamanaka & Co., Ltd., Kyoto, April 15, 1972-June 18, 1976 [1];

Purchased from Yamanaka & Co., Ltd. by Karen Dean Bunting (1912-1981), Shawnee Mission, KS, June 18, 1976 -1981 [2];

Her bequest to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1981.

NOTES:

[1] According to the Yamanaka & Co., Ltd. invoice, Nelson-Atkins curatorial files.

[2] Ibid.

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