Title: Incense Box
Object type: Covered box
Date: dated 1876
Culture: Japan
Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
Artist:  Ogawa Shomin 
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Gold hiramaki-e, mother-of-pearl and gold ground
Dimensions: H. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); W. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); L. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 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: Flowers