Title: Set of Seven Boxes
Object type: Set of boxes
Date: 2nd–3rd century
Culture: China
Period: Eastern Han dynasty (25–220)
Medium: Black lacquer with silver foil and traces of red lacquer
Dimensions: .1) H. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); Diam. 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm)
.2) H. 2 3/16 in. (5.5 cm); W. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); L. 3 7/16 in. (8.8 cm)
.3) H. 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm); W. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); L. 15 11/16 in. (39.9 cm)
.4) H. 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm); W. 1 9/16 in. (4 cm); L. 1 9/16 in. (4 cm)
.5) H. 1 15/16 (5 cm); W. 1 9/16 in. (4 cm); L. 3 1/4 in. (8.2 cm)
.6) H. 1 15/16 in. (5 cm); W. 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm); L. 2 13/16 in. (7.2 cm)
.7) H. 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm); Diam. 1 15/16 in. (5 cm)
Classification: Lacquer
Credit line: Purchase, Florence and Herbert Irving Gift, 1994
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY