BoxesJapanese

Letter Box with Decoration of Chang Liang on a Dragon Returning a Shoe to the Old Man on a Mule

Classification

Boxes

Medium

Maki-e designs in gold and silver on nashi-ji lacquer ground

Culture

Japanese

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

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