box

• Splendour Cassette/ Casket in European shape

• Asia collection,
• Exner collection,

• execution: anonymous, Kyoto , about 1640

• Edo period (1603-1868)

• Hartholz geschnitzt als Imitation von schwarzem (takamaki-e) Lack,
• Elfenbein- und Perlmutteinlagen,
• Goldlackmalerei (maki-e),

• height: 37.5 cm
• width: 34.1 cm
• depth: 28.6 cm

• LA 260-1

• donation, 1946

• Asia Collection

This box is one of four items in a group of luxury objects made for European clients over several years. The counterpart of the Vienna box, the Chiddingston box, is assumed to have been a special gift for the Mogul ruler. The form follows Dutch models from pre-1600, the decoration displays all the refinements of the Japanese art of lacquering. Remarkable features are the carvings in Chinese style, the figure of a samurai in European attitude, and the fine gold painting in the style of the courtly Kano School. (Wieninger, Johannes)

• Video: Ein Blick ins Innere (MAK Vimeo)

on display

• box, Splendour Cassette/ Casket in European shape, Anonym, MAK Inv.nr. LA 260-1

• https://sammlung.mak.at/en/collect/splendour-cassette-casket-in-european-shape_50374

• 09.01.2025