Incense Box

Medium

Gold hiramaki-e, mother-of-pearl and gold ground

Dimensions

H. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); W. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); L. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)

Classification

Lacquer

Culture & Period

Japan · Meiji period (1868–1912)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936

Accession Number

36.100.165a, b

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