Object Timeline

1985	Work on this object began.
1986	We acquired this object.
2015	We photographed this object.
2024	You found it!

Kanshitsu Box And Lid (Japan)

This is a Kanshitsu box and lid. It was created by Yoshiro Inazuka and made for (as the client) Lisa Taylor. It is dated 1985 and we acquired it in 1986. Its medium is gilt wood, lacquer, eggshell. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by Takami Sugiura.

This four-sided brooch is shaped like a tall triangle with the top point trimmed off. The top left 'corner' is curved. The surface is smooth, inlaid with crackled pieces of white eggshell in varying sizes, creating a stone-like appearance. The spaces between the eggshell pieces and the fine cracks in the shells are colored dark red and black. These dark colors are split into two triangles, a dark red triangle on the left and a black triangle on the right. The dividing line runs between the top right and bottom left corners.

NOT TITLED 8 Brooch
eggshell inlay, metal.
The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
2016-34-36

Its dimensions are

Overall: 5.2 x 29.6 x 17 cm (2 1/16 x 11 5/8 x 6 11/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Marks: On underside of (A): artist's signature in Japanese characters, in gold.

It is inscribed

On underside of (A) painted in gold: "L.T T.S." for Lisa Taylor and Takami Sugiura.

Cite this object as

Kanshitsu Box And Lid (Japan); Yoshiro Inazuka; Client: Lisa Taylor; gilt wood, lacquer, eggshell; Overall: 5.2 x 29.6 x 17 cm (2 1/16 x 11 5/8 x 6 11/16 in.); 1986-66-1-a,b

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2Dryg/
Accession Number 1986-66-1-a,b
Object ID 18621611