Quasi-Triangular Box

Karl Karlovitch Hahn

Cleveland Museum of Art

Green box with triangular top and rounded edges, made of stone or jade with black speckles. Gold bands around middle and edges. Two oval portrait medallions of a man and a woman on top. The man on the left has dark hair and a mustache, wearing a dark jacket and light shirt; the woman on the right has short blonde hair, wearing a pearl necklace. Medallions rimmed with small white stones. Decorations on top include a crown with two pink stones, a silver emblem with a leafy branch on either side and a cross-like shape in center. Gray background that is darker at the corners. Title: Quasi-Triangular Box Artist: Karl Karlovitch Hahn.