伝本阿弥光悦 橅夫蒔絵硯箱|Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Woodcutter
Hon'ami Kōetsu
18th or early 19th century
Medium
Gold maki-e on black lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay
Dimensions
H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); W. 9 in. (22.9 cm); L. 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm)
Classification
Lacquer
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Accession Number
29.100.689
Tags
Men
About the Artist
Hon'ami Kōetsu · 1558–1638
Famed as a calligrapher, artist, and sword connoisseur.