Unidentified
Letter Box Decorated with Longevity Symbols (bamboo, pine, crane and tortoise)
1800-1899
Scroll
Unidentified
Letter Box Decorated with Longevity Symbols (bamboo, pine, crane and tortoise)
1800-1899
Physical Qualities
Gold, red and black lacquer, metal alloy; replaced silk cord, 7.6 x 27.3 x 9.5 cm. (3 x 10 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.2010.15
Decorated with pine trees, bamboo, a crane flying above and long-tailed turtle on the ground; gold and red decoration on black ground; replaced red silk cord with tassel.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore; Claribel or Etta Cone, Baltimore; probably purchased in Japan in 1907 on Cone Family trip
Katy Rothkopf, BMA, "Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore," circulated to The Jewish Museum, New York, May 6-September 25, 2011; Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, November 4, 2011-February 10, 2012; Vancouver Art Gallery, June 2-September 23, 2012.
Collection installation, "Asia. The Art & Business of Writing", Levy Gallery, Baltimore Museum of Art, October 5, 2023-
Collection installation, "Asia. The Art & Business of Writing", Levy Gallery, Baltimore Museum of Art, October 5, 2023-
Karen Levitov, "Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore," New York: The Jewish Museum, 2011, p. 78.
Artist Artist
Unidentified
2000-01-01 00:00:00–2000-01-01 00:00:00
On View at the BMA
