Title: Tiered Box (Jūbako) with Design of Boats and Plovers
Object type: Box
Date: second half of the 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
Artist:  Shibata Zeshin 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1807–1891
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Gold maki-e on black and brown lacquer, with mother-of-pearl inlay and pewter
Dimensions: L. 9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm); W. 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm); H. 16 1/2 in. (41.9 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: Birds, term: Boats