Title: Box for Books with Waterfall
Object type: Book box
Date: 16th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Muromachi period (1392–1573)
Medium: Lacquered wood with gold and silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, cut-out gold and silver foil application and silver inlay on black lacquer ground
Dimensions: L.10 1/4 in. (26 cm); W. 71/4 in. (18.4 cm); H. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 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: Waterfalls, term: Trees