Title: Box with Design of Benkei and a Bell
Object type: Box
Date: 1862
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Shibata Zeshin 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1807–1891
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Mokume-nuri, gold, silver, red, black lacquer, takamaki-e, hiramaki-e
Dimensions: H. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); W. 6 in. (15.2 cm); D. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Classification: Lacquer
Credit line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Musical Instruments