Lidded Box
Lidded Box
Artist
Susumu Ikuta
(Japanese, 1934 - 2024)
Datebetween 1978-2016
Dimensions8 × 5 1/4 × 7 in. (20.3 × 13.3 × 17.8 cm)
Mediumporcelain with underglaze
ClassificationCeramics
Credit LineAnonymous Donation in Honor of Adam Levine, Director of the Toledo Museum of Art
Object number
2025.31A-B
Not on View
DescriptionA hexagonal lidded box made of porcelain with surface decoration. The surface decoration shows a praying mantis and a
butterfly situated on top of red and purple leafy flowers. The decoration
continues on the interior, where an asymmetric composition places a
praying mantis approaching a house fly. The underside of the base has
Susumu Ikuta’s signature.
19th century
about 700-750
about 320 BCE
3rd century BCE
mid 18th century
Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), Reign of Kangxi (1662-1722)
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