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Octagonal food box with Chinese immortals and floral design

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Lacquered wood; mother-of-pearl inlay gold leaf application on black ground and gilded metal net inserts, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan (Ryūkyū Islands now Okinawa Prefecture)
Rights: Public Domain
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase Friends of Asian Art Gifts 2019
Title: Octagonal food box with Chinese immortals and floral design
Description:
Lacquered wood; mother-of-pearl inlay gold leaf application on black ground and gilded metal net inserts, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan (Ryūkyū Islands now Okinawa Prefecture).

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