Title: Incense Box in the Shape of a Book
Object type: Incense box
Date: early 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium: Inner tray of ivory, sprinkled gold lacquer, inlaid metal, shell and colored lacquer
Dimensions: H. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm); W. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); L. 3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm)
1 7/8 x 2 3/4 x 3 7/16 in. (4.8 x 7.0 x 8.7 cm)
Classification: Lacquer
Credit line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Birds, term: Men, term: Trees