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

Date

19th century

Type

Letter box

Medium

Lacquered wood with gold and silver hiramaki-e, cut-out gold foil on nashiji ground (part of a wedding set)

Department

Asian Art

Culture

Japan

Institution

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object number

10.7.22

Credit

Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, 1910