Letter Box with Design of Chrysanthemums and Autumn Grasses

Medium

Gold and silver maki-e on black lacquer

Dimensions

L. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm); W. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); H. 2 3/4 in. (7 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

2015.500.2.23a, b