Title: Writing Box with Design of Chinese-Style Flower Arrangement (Inside: Design of Geese)
Object type: Writing box
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
Artist: Style of Ogawa Haritsu (Ritsuō) 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1663–1747
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Gold maki-e on black lacquer
Dimensions: L. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm); W. 9 in. (22.9 cm); H. 2 in. (5.1 cm)
Classification: Lacquer
Credit line: Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Birds, term: Flowers, term: Plants