Title: Box for Tooth Black with Design of Saltmaking Hut on the Shore (Suma no ura)
Object type: Box
Date: 15th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Muromachi period (1392–1573)
Medium: Gold maki-e on black lacquer
Dimensions: H. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); W. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); L. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm)
Classification: Lacquer
Credit line: Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Houses, term: Trees