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Christmas Boxes in Camp - Christmas 1861

Christmas Boxes in Camp - Christmas 1861, 1836 - 1910

Designed by Winslow Homer

Poem-Slip Box (Shikishibako) with Plum Tree and Triple-Hollyhock Crest Design

Poem-Slip Box (Shikishibako) with Plum Tree and Triple-Hollyhock Crest Design

Japanese

Inkstone Box (Suzuribako) with Intertwined Pine and Cherry Tree Design

Inkstone Box (Suzuribako) with Intertwined Pine and Cherry Tree Design

Japanese

Drawered Hand Box (Tebako) with Four-Season Motif Design and Various Interior Cosmetic Boxes with Scrolling Floral Designs

Drawered Hand Box (Tebako) with Four-Season Motif Design and Various Interior Cosmetic Boxes with Scrolling Floral Designs

Japanese

Man’s Head and Woman’s Head

Man’s Head and Woman’s Head, 1500 - 1550

Sebald Beham

Rhombic Enameled Seal Box Lid

Rhombic Enameled Seal Box Lid

Roman

Lower Half of a Seal Box

Lower Half of a Seal Box

Roman

Leaf-Shaped Enameled Seal Box Lid

Leaf-Shaped Enameled Seal Box Lid

Roman

Box

Box

Boettcher-Bacherer

A white porcelain box with latched top and painted scene on the lid depicts a seated man and woman. 

Box, founded 1710

Manufactured by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory

Box

Box

French

Box

Box

American

Box with Portrait

Box with Portrait, 1746 - 1825

Louis Marie Sicard

Box for "Circular Covered Box with Peony Décor"

Box for "Circular Covered Box with Peony Décor"

Chinese

Covered tripod jar

Covered tripod jar

Chinese

Lobed covered box

Lobed covered box

Chinese

Qur'an or Amulet Box

Qur'an or Amulet Box

Covered Rectangular Box, the Cover with a Stylized "Double Hŭi" Character, the Box with Four Cartouches round its Side Walls, the Cartouches Depicting Two Recumbent Spotted Deer amidst Pines, Two Standing Manchurian Cranes amidst Bamboo, Two Walking Spotted Deer amidst Pines, and a Turtle Emerging from Waves, all the Decorative Motifs on Box and Cover Set against a Diapered Ground

Covered Rectangular Box, the Cover with a Stylized "Double Hŭi" Character, the Box with Four Cartouches round its Side Walls, the Cartouches Depicting Two Recumbent Spotted Deer amidst Pines, Two Standing Manchurian Cranes amidst Bamboo, Two Walking Spotted Deer amidst Pines, and a Turtle Emerging from Waves, all the Decorative Motifs on Box and Cover Set against a Diapered Ground

Korean

Covered Hexagonal Box, the Cover with a Stylized "Double Hŭi" Character, the Box with Characters round its Sides Walls Reading Su, Pok, Kang, Nyŏng, Ta, and Nam, all the Characters on Box and Cover Set against a Nwi-mun (Chinese, Leiwen) Ground

Covered Hexagonal Box, the Cover with a Stylized "Double Hŭi" Character, the Box with Characters round its Sides Walls Reading Su, Pok, Kang, Nyŏng, Ta, and Nam, all the Characters on Box and Cover Set against a Nwi-mun (Chinese, Leiwen) Ground

Korean

Covered Circular Box, the Cover with a Stylized "Double Hŭi" Character, the Box with Four Cartouches round its Side Walls, the Cartouches Depicting a Turtle, a Crab, a Fish, and a Shrimp, all the Decorative Motifs on Box and Cover Set against a Diapered Ground

Covered Circular Box, the Cover with a Stylized "Double Hŭi" Character, the Box with Four Cartouches round its Side Walls, the Cartouches Depicting a Turtle, a Crab, a Fish, and a Shrimp, all the Decorative Motifs on Box and Cover Set against a Diapered Ground

Korean

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