Title: Box for Square Calligraphy Paper (shikishi-bako) with an Auspicious Landscape of Young Pines and Nandina Shrubs
Object type: Box
Date: second half of the 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
Medium: Lacquered wood with gold, silver, red hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, cutout gold foil application on black and nashiji lacquer ground
Dimensions: H. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); W. 8 in. (20.3 cm); D. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)
Classification: Lacquer
Credit line: Bequest of Stephen Whitney Phoenix, 1881
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Landscapes