Stationery box decorated with peony scrolls, 15th–16th century
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Stationery box decorated with peony scrolls

15th–16th century

Medium
Lacquer inlaid with mother-of-pearl; brass fittings
Classification
Lacquer
Dimensions
H. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm); W. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm); L. 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm)
Culture
Korea
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Asian Art
Credit line
Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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