Incense box
Unknown artist
Date: 15th century
Medium: Black lacquer with gold maki-e on gold nashiji ground
Dimensions: H. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); W. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); D. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
Classification: Lacquer
Culture: Japan
Period: Muromachi period (1392–1573)
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
Date range
1350 – 1650
Largest dimension
8.3 cm
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