滝文字散し蒔絵硯箱|Writing Box (suzuribako) with Waterfall and Auspicious Characters

Unknown Artist

late 18th century

滝文字散し蒔絵硯箱|Writing Box (suzuribako) with Waterfall and Auspicious Characters by Unknown Artist

Medium

Lacquered wood with gold and silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, togidashimaki-e, and gold inlay on nashiji ground

Dimensions

H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); W. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm); D. 10 3/8 in. (26.4 cm)

Classification

Lacquer

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Stephen Whitney Phoenix, 1881

Accession Number

81.1.173

Tags

Waterfalls

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