Object type: Incense box
Department: Asian Art
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist: Ninsei II
Artist bio: Japanese, active ca. 1658–1868
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Japanese
Date: ca. 1660
Medium: Clay; thin gray glaze over a raised pattern of swirling waves (Awata ware)
Dimensions: H. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); L. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
Accession year: 1936