Title: Writing Box with Design of Ox-Herding Boy Playing Flute
Object type: Writing box
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: Gold and silver maki-e with colored lacquer on red lacquer
Dimensions: H. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); W. 7 1/ 2 in. (19.1 cm); L. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm)
Classification: Lacquer
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. George A. Crocker (Elizabeth Masten), 1937
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Boys, term: Flutes, term: Ox