Writing Box with Design of the Sumiyoshi Shrine

Medium

Gold and silver maki-e on black lacquer

Dimensions

Case ab: H. 10 in. (25.4 cm); W. 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm); D. 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm) Box ef: H. 11 13/16 in. (30 cm); W. 10 13/16 in. (27.5 cm); D. 4 1/16 in. (10.3 cm)

Classification

Lacquer

Culture & Period

Japan · Meiji period (1868–1912)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harleigh G. Wathen, 1968

Accession Number

68.4.5a–g

Rights

Public Domain

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