Title: Chest with Decoration of Gourd Vine
Object type: Chest
Date: ca. 1878
Culture: Japan
Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
Artist: Attributed to Shibata Zeshin 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1807–1891
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Wood with black and gold lacquer
Dimensions: H. 25 1/2 in. (64.8 cm); W. 28 3/4 in. (73 cm); D. 10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm)
Classification: Lacquer
Credit line: The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Vines, term: Chests