Title: Writing Box with Design of Bird in Flight and a Stream
Object type: Writing box
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Tatsuke Takanori 
Artist bio: 1757–1833
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Gold and silver maki-e with colored lacquer on black lacquer
Dimensions: H. 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm); W. 9 in. (22.9 cm); D. 9 1/2 in. (24.2 cm)
Classification: Lacquer
Credit line: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Birds, term: Streams