Title: Box for Square Calligraphy Paper (shikishi-bako) with a Bugaku Helmet on Checkered Ground
Object type: Writing box
Date: 18th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: Lacquered wood with gold takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, togidashimaki-e, gold foil application on black lacquer ground
Dimensions: H. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); L. 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm); W. 8 in. (20.3 cm)
Classification: Lacquer
Credit line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY