Japan: Courts and Culture: The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace

This exhibition is in the past. View our current exhibitions.
JAPAN

Box for letters (fubako)

early twentieth century

Wood decorated in black, gold and silver lacquer, mother-of-pearl, silk | 7.0 x 9.9 x 29.4 cm (parts .a and .b together) | RCIN 79920

Cranes, depicted on this box with mother-of-pearl wings, are a symbol of good fortune, said to live for a thousand years.
    PreviousNext
    PreviousNext

    Quick Links

    Official Royal Residences

    Royal Collection Trust is a charity caring for the Royal Collection, one of the world’s great art collections. Income from your visit helps us to conserve and share the Collection so that it can be enjoyed by everyone, wherever they are.