New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Storage Box

Artist Tatsuzo Shimaoka

CultureJapanese

Date2000

MediumWood

DimensionsOverall: 9 x 4 5/8 x 4 5/8 in. (22.9 x 11.7 x 11.7 cm)

InscribedOn the interior of the lid: artist's chop-mark and an inscription in Japanese

Credit LinePurchase, with funds from the Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., Decorative Arts Endowment Fund

Object number2001.22.2

Not on view

DescriptionThis is a cypress wood storage box with woven straps. It is the box for a ceramic piece that is gas fired, neriage with enamel decoration.

ProvenanceShimaoka, in his Mashiko studio, Japan, 2000-2001; Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Chrysler Museum of Art Purchase, with funds from the Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., Decorative Arts Endowment Fund, 2001. Exhibition History_Tatsuzo Shimaoka: Regis Masters Series_, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Mn., March 2--April 14, 2001; Babcock Galleries, New York, Ny., July 10--August 3, 2001. Published ReferencesEmily Galusha and John Driscoll, _Tatsuzo Shimaoka: Regis Masters Series_, exh. cat., Northern Clay Center and Babcock Galleries, 2001, not paged.