桐九曜紋蒔絵乱箱|Clothing Tray (Midare-bako) with Paulownia and “Nine Stars” Crests

Medium

Lacquered wood with gold, silver hiramaki-e and e-nashiji (“pear-skin picture”) on black ground

Dimensions

L. 20 7/8 in. (53 cm); W. 21 7/8 in. (55.6 cm); H. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)

Classification

Lacquer

Culture & Period

Japan · Momoyama period (1573–1615)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015

Accession Number

2015.500.2.28