Coffer in Nanban (Southern Barbarian) Style, ca. 1600–30

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Coffer in Nanban (Southern Barbarian) Style, Momoyama period (1573–1615), ca. 1600–30, Japan, Gold maki-e and mother-of-pearl inlay on black lacquer; gilt-bronze fittings, H. 8 7/8 in. ( cm); W. 14 in. ( cm); L. 7 1/2 in. ( cm), Lacquer, This coffer belongs to a category of Japanese goods known as namban (literally, southern barbarians) that were produced in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century for trade with Portugal and other European countries

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