Shikishi (square calligraphy paper) Box with Design of Flowers and Praying Mantis

Date

second half of the19th century

Type

Writing box

Medium

Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, cutout gold foil application, mother-of-pearl inlay on black lacquer ground

Department

Asian Art

Culture

Japan

Institution

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object number

14.40.838a, b

Credit

Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913