Title: Writing Box with Design of Elderly Couple under Pine from the Noh Play Takasago
Object type: Writing box
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: Gold maki-e with colored lacquer on black lacquer
Dimensions: H. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); W. 8 in. (20.3 cm); D. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm)
Classification: Lacquer
Credit line: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Couples, term: Plants