Producer unknown to us
Box with lid, 3 interlocking pieces
Asia, Vietnam
1970
Wood, gold ink, lacquer
Purchased by the museum from HO Centrum Warenhaus Leipzig in 1970
SAs 15867
The interlocking components of this octagonal box were made in 1969/70 and exhibited at the Leipzig trade fair in 1970.
These objects were purchased as exhibits from various exhibition stands by HO Centrum Warenhaus Leipzig. According to in-house lore, the Leipzig museum secured an informal right of pre-emption for decorative art objects that were not returned to their countries of origin by the exhibitors. The department store then sold the remaining pieces to the citizens of Leipzig.
Dietmar Grundmann