Incense box with Chinese children playing with snowballs

Medium

Gold, silver togidashi maki-e, hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, cut-out gold foil application, red lacquer, gold foil application on gold ground

Dimensions

H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); W. 5 in. (12.7 cm); D. 4 in. (10.2 cm)

Classification

Lacquer

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913

Accession Number

14.40.824a–h

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