Writing Box with Design of the Tatsuta River

Medium

Gold and silver maki-e on gold lacquer

Dimensions

H. 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm); W. 9 in. (22.9 cm); L. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm)

Classification

Lacquer

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929

Accession Number

29.100.683

Rights

Public Domain

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