Cosmetic Box (Tebako) with Chrysanthemum Flowers
Unknown Artist
first half of the 15th century
Medium
Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, gold, silver foil application on nashiji ground; gilt bronze fittings
Dimensions
H. 10 5/8 in. (27 cm); W. 13 3/4 in. (35 cm); D. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)
Classification
Lacquer
Culture & Period
Japan · Muromachi period (1392–1573)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, John and Pauline Gandel Gift and Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation Fund, 2019
Accession Number
2019.421a–d