Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Rinpa style Yamabuki Design and poems

Object Details

• Provenance

  ?-2003

  J.F. Chen Antiques, Los Angeles, CA [1]

  2003-2021

  Jacqueline Avant (1940-2021), Beverly Hills, CA, purchased from J.F. Chen Antiques, Los Angeles, CA in Los Angeles, CA [2]

  2021-2023

  Jacqueline Avant Estate [3]

  From 2023

  National Museum of Asian Art, gift of the Jacqueline Avant Estate [4]

  Notes:

  [1] See receipt from May 5, 2003, from J.F. Chen Antiques, object file, Collections Management Office.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] Upon Mrs. Avant’s death, the object came to the Jacqueline Avant Estate.

  [4] In June 2023, the National Museum of Asian Art accepted 87 works from the Jacqueline Avant Estate. This was part of the gift. See Deed of Gift, object file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  J. F. Chen Antiques

  Jacqueline Avant Estate

  Jacqueline Avant (1940-2021)

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of the Jacqueline Avant Estate

• Type

  Container

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1700s, 1790s

• Name

  Jacqueline Avant Estate, J. F. Chen Antiques, Avant, Jacqueline

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Art, Japanese Art, Lacquer, Jacqueline Avant collection

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Containers