Title: Shikishi (square calligraphy paper) Box with Design of Flowers and Praying Mantis
Object type: Writing box
Date: second half of the19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
Medium: Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, cutout gold foil application, mother-of-pearl inlay on black lacquer ground
Dimensions: H. 9 3/4 (24.8 cm);  W. 8 in. (20.3 cm); D. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
Classification: Lacquer
Credit line: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Insects, term: Leaves