Box for Tooth Black with Design of Saltmaking Hut on the Shore (Suma no ura)

Medium

Gold maki-e on black lacquer

Dimensions

H. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); W. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); L. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm)

Classification

Lacquer

Culture & Period

Japan · Muromachi period (1392–1573)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015

Accession Number

2015.500.2.21a, b

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