Title: Incense Box with Autumn Grasses and Insect Cage
Object type: Incense box
Date: mid-19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
Medium: Gold, silver hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, cut-out gold foil application on black ground
Dimensions: H. 1 3/16 in. (3 cm); W. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); D. 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm)
Classification: Lacquer
Credit line: Bequest of Stephen Whitney Phoenix, 1881
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Flowers