Writing Box with Design of a Cherry Tree and Waterfall

Medium

Gold and silver maki-e on black lacquer

Dimensions

H. 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm); W. 9 in. (22.9 cm); D. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm)

Classification

Lacquer

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913

Accession Number

14.40.835a–i

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