Title: Octagonal food box with Chinese immortals and floral design
Object type: Box
Date: 18th century
Culture: Japan (Ryūkyū Islands, now Okinawa Prefecture)
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: Lacquered wood; mother-of-pearl inlay, gold leaf application on black ground and gilded metal net inserts
Dimensions: H. 10 5/8 in. (27 cm); W. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm); H. (base:) 1 7/16 in. (3.6 cm)
Classification: Lacquer
Credit line: Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 2019
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY