Diamond-shaped covered box

Object Details

• Artist

  Kawai Kanjiro 河井寛次郎 (1890-1966)

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Paper and Clay from Modern Japan (January 20 to March 31, 1991)

• Origin

  Kyoto, Japan

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds

• Type

  Container

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1950s

• Name

  Kawai, Kanjiro

• Place

  Kyoto, Japan

• Topic

  Art, Showa era (1926 - 1989), Stoneware, Japanese Art, Ceramics

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Containers