Title: Tiered Food Box with Summer and Autumn Fruits
Object type: Tiered box
Date: ca. 1868–90
Culture: Japan
Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
Artist:  Shibata Zeshin 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1807–1891
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Brown lacquer with gold, silver, and colored lacquer maki-e
Dimensions: H. 16 1/8 in. (41 cm); W. 9 in. (22.9 cm); D. 9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm)
Classification: Lacquer
Credit line: Purchase, The Vincent Astor Foundation Gift and Parnassus Foundation/Jane and Raphael Bernstein Gift, 2010
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Fruit