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Lacquer box
Lost Art-ID
594124
Artist / Creator
Unknown (China)
Title
Lacquer box
Dating
1368/1644 (Ming-Dynastie)
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Lacquer ; Wood ; Papier-mâché
Height
7.00 cm
Width
32.00 cm
Length
32.00 cm
Description
large flat box with bulging walls. The core is made of papier-mâché, the ground is red. The box is decorated with arabesques and plants in different colours and gold.
Provenance
from the Grosse Collection, Freiburg; 1929 (around) Ostasiatica Collection Dr. A. Breuer, Berlin; 1929 (around) - 1942 Ostasiatica Collection Herbert Ginsberg, Berlin; in 1942 large parts of the Ginsberg Collection were confiscated in Rotterdam by the Sicherheitsdienst (SD); whereabouts unknown
Literature / Source
Wiedergutmachungsakte im Landesarchiv Berlin: LAB, B Rep. 025-02 Nr. 233/57; Ausst. Kat., Ausstellung Chinesischer Kunst, Berlin, 1929, Gesellschaft für Ostasiatische Kunst, Januar - April 1929, Würfel-Verl., 1929, Nr. 777; Auktionskat. Cassirer/Helbing, Berlin, 15. Mai 1929, Nr. 88
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