Writing Box with Design of Plum Blossoms and Moon

Writing Box with Design of Plum Blossoms and Moon

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Both Chinese and Japanese poetry contain allusions to the delicate beauty of plum blossoms in the moonlight and their subtle fragrance. This literary allusion underlies the imagery on this box and is particularly appropriate to its function as a container for an ink stone and brushes.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Writing Box with Design of Plum Blossoms and MoonWriting Box with Design of Plum Blossoms and MoonWriting Box with Design of Plum Blossoms and MoonWriting Box with Design of Plum Blossoms and MoonWriting Box with Design of Plum Blossoms and Moon

The Met's collection of Asian art—more than 35,000 objects, ranging in date from the third millennium B.C. to the twenty-first century—is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world. Each of the many civilizations of Asia is represented by outstanding works, providing an unrivaled experience of the artistic traditions of nearly half the world.