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Letter Box with Pine, Bamboo, Plum Blossom, and Family Crests

19th century
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 松竹桜家紋散し蒔絵長文箱
  • Title: Letter Box with Pine, Bamboo, Plum Blossom, and Family Crests
  • Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
  • Date: 19th century
  • Culture: Japan
  • Medium: Lacquered wood with gold and silver hiramaki-e, cut-out gold foil on nashiji ground (part of a wedding set)
  • Dimensions: L. 15 3/8 in. (39.1 cm)
  • Classification: Lacquer
  • Credit Line: Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, 1910
  • Object Number: 10.7.22
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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