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Shikishi (square calligraphy paper) Box with Design of Flowers and Praying Mantis
Shikishi (square calligraphy paper) Box with Design of Flowers and Praying Mantis
1850–1899
Medium
Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, cutout gold foil application, mother-of-pearl inlay on black lacquer ground
Dimensions
H. 9 3/4 (24.8 cm); W. 8 in. (20.3 cm); D. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
Genre
Lacquer
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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