Writing box (suzuribako) with chrysanthemums and autumn grasses

Medium

Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, togidashimaki-e, cut-out gold and silver foil application, mother-of-pearl inlay

Dimensions

H. 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm); W. 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm); D. 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm)

Classification

Lacquer

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Elinor Meyer Appleby and The William Meyer Family and William R. Appleby Funds, 2023

Accession Number

2023.226a–g