The Metropolitan Museum of Art

木目地松竹梅葵紋蒔絵元結箱|Box for Hair Ornaments (motoyui-bako) with Pine, Bamboo, Plum, and Tokugawa Family Crest on Wood-Grain Ground

Unrecorded artist

early 18th century

Attribution

Unrecorded artist

Medium

Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, togidashimaki-e, gold and silver foil application, gold and silver inlay on wood-grain lacquer ground

Physical dimensions

H. 9 in. (22.9 cm); W. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm); L. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm)

Credit line

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929