Title: Writing Table (Bundai) with Melons and Squirrels
Object type: Writing table
Date: first half of the 17th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: Lacquered wood with gold hiramaki-e and e-nashiji (“pear-skin picture”)
Dimensions: H. 4 in. (10.2 cm); W. 13 5/8 in. (34.6 cm); L. 23 in. (58.4 cm)
Classification: Lacquer
Credit line: Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Squirrels, term: Leaves