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岸蒔絵手箱|Box for Personal Accessories (Tebako) with Shells and Seaweed Design

Unknown Artist

17th century

岸蒔絵手箱|Box for Personal Accessories (Tebako) with Shells and Seaweed Design by Unknown Artist

Medium

Lacquered wood with gold hiramaki-e, and e-nashiji on black lacquer ground

Dimensions

H. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm); W. 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm); L. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm)

Classification

Lacquer

Culture & Period

Japan · 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

2015.500.2.32a, b

Rights

Public Domain

Tags

Shells

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