葵御所車蒔絵料紙箱|Document Box (Ryōshibako) with Court Carriage and Wild Ginger

Medium

Lacquered wood with gold and silver hiramaki‑e, togidashimaki-e, and e-nashiji (“pear-skin picture”), with mother‑of‑pearl inlay on black ground

Dimensions

H. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm); W. 16 1/2 in. (41.9 cm); D. 13 in. (33 cm)

Classification

Lacquer

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913

Accession Number

14.40.882a, b

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