Title: Box with Crabs and Waves
Object type: Box
Date: 17th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: Lacquered wood with gold hiramaki-e and e-nashiji on black lacquer ground
Dimensions: H. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm); W .6 in. (15.2 cm); L.12 1/2 in. (31.8 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: Crabs, term: Waves