Gold lacquer box

Japanese Collection

Accession Nr.: 3345.1-2
Type: object for daily use; lacquers
Date of production:
Mid-19th century
Edo (Tokugawa) period or Meiji era
Place of production:
Materials: wood
Techniques: gilt; lacquered; painted
Dimensions: height 13.7 cm
width 10.6 cm
depth 5.5 cm
Small box decorated with a genre scene (young women playing karuta) in the ukiyo-e style

Maki-e