Title: Writing Box with Design of Plum Blossoms and Moon
Object type: Writing box
Date: 18th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: Reddish-brown lacquer with gold hiramaki-e, lead, and mother-of-pearl inlay
Dimensions: H. 1 1/2  in. (3.8 cm); W. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm); L. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm)
Classification: Lacquer
Credit line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Moon, term: Flowers