Title: Portable Picnic Set (sagejū) with Peonies
Object type: Sage-ju bako
Date: second half of the 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
Medium: Lacquered wood with gold, silver, red togidashimaki-e, hiramaki-e on black and nashiji lacquer ground
Dimensions: H. 14 in. (35.6 cm); W. 8 in. (20.3 cm); L. 16 in. (40.6 cm)
Classification: Lacquer
Credit line: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY