Set of Five Writing Boxes with Japanese Globeflowers, Plum Blossoms, and Interlaced Roundels

Datelate 18th–early 19th century

MediumLacquered wood with gold and silver hiramaki-e and applied gold foil on nashiji ground

DimensionsH. 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm); W. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm); D. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm)

CultureJapan

PeriodEdo period (1615–1868)

DepartmentAsian Art

ClassificationLacquer

Bequest of Stephen Whitney Phoenix, 1881

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