花草蟷螂蒔絵色紙箱|Shikishi (square calligraphy paper) Box with Design of Flowers and Praying Mantis

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Title: 花草蟷螂蒔絵色紙箱|Shikishi (square calligraphy paper) Box with Design of Flowers and Praying Mantis
Date Created: second half of the19th century
Physical Dimensions: H. 9 3/4 (24.8 cm); W. 8 in. (20.3 cm); D. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
Type: Writing box
External Link: http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/53694
Medium: Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, cutout gold foil application, mother-of-pearl inlay on black lacquer ground
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
Culture: Japan

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