Title: Writing Box with Design of Flowering Bush Clover and Sun
Object type: Writing box
Date: first half of the 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: Gold, silver togidashimaki-e, hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, cut-out gold foil application
Dimensions: H. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); W. 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm); D. 9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm)
Classification: Lacquer
Credit line: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Sun, term: Plants