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草花人物蒔絵螺鈿書箪笥|Nanban Cabinet with Drawers

Unknown Artist

early 17th century

草花人物蒔絵螺鈿書箪笥|Nanban Cabinet with Drawers by Unknown Artist

Medium

Lacquered wood with gold and silver hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, gold foil application, and mother-of-pearl inlays on black ground; gilt-bronze fittings

Dimensions

H. 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm); W. 12 11/16 in. (32.2.cm); D. 9 3/16 in. (23.3 cm)

Classification

Lacquer

Culture & Period

Japan · Late Momoyama (1573–1615)–early Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015

Accession Number

2015.500.2.45a–h

Tags

Cabinets

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