Seal Box with Hunters on Horseback 17th-18th century Japan (Ryky Islands) The style of clothing worn by the three equestrian figures on the top of this box identifies them as Mongols, a people who ruled over their vast empire from a capital at Dadu (present-day Beijing) in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The representations of Mongols hunting and the decorative motifs on the sides of this box were once outlined with powdered gold that was sprinkled onto the lacquer base; such a technique was also used in China.. Seal Box with Hunters on Horseback. Japan (Ryky Islands). 17th-18th century. Black lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay and gold painting. Edo period (1615-1868). Lacquer
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