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Writing Box with Cranes, Pines, Plum Blossoms, and Characters
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Writing Box with Cranes, Pines, Plum Blossoms, and Characters

18th century · Lacquered wood with gold and silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, togidashimaki-e, and silver inlay on nashiji ground

From the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Credit lineWriting Box with Cranes, Pines, Plum Blossoms, and Characters. 18th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913. CC0.
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