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若松南天蒔絵色紙箱|Box for Square Calligraphy Paper (shikishi-bako) with an Auspicious Landscape of Young Pines and Nandina Shrubs

Unknown Artist

second half of the 19th century

若松南天蒔絵色紙箱|Box for Square Calligraphy Paper (shikishi-bako) with an Auspicious Landscape of Young Pines and Nandina Shrubs by Unknown Artist

Medium

Lacquered wood with gold, silver, red hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, cutout gold foil application on black and nashiji lacquer ground

Dimensions

H. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); W. 8 in. (20.3 cm); D. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)

Classification

Lacquer

Culture & Period

Japan · Meiji period (1868–1912)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Stephen Whitney Phoenix, 1881

Accession Number

81.1.152a, b

Tags

Landscapes

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