Writing box with decoration of grapes and squirrels

Medium

Black lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay and gold painting

Dimensions

H. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); W. 10 5/16 in. (26.2 cm): D. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)

Classification

Lacquer

Culture

Japan (Ryūkyū Islands)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2020

Accession Number

2020.323.11a–e

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