Cabinet with Design of Butterflies

Medium

Red lacquer with painted decoration, inlaid with mother-of-pearl

Dimensions

H. 20 1/8 in. (51.1 cm); W. 16 1/2 in. (41.9 cm); D. 10 3/8 in. (26.4 cm)

Classification

Lacquer

Culture & Period

Japan (Ryūkyū Islands) · 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

2015.500.2.1

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