Writing Box with Matching Poem Card Box
Unknown Artist
19th century
Medium
Gold and silver makie with colored lacquers and silver inlay on black lacquer
Dimensions
Writing box: H.1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm); W. 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm); L. 9 7/8 in. (25.5 cm) Poem card box: H. 5/8 in. (1.6 cm); W. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); L. 9 3/8 in. (23.9 cm)
Classification
Lacquer
Culture & Period
Japan · Meiji period (1868–1912)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2020
Accession Number
2020.323.10a–l