
Incense box with fragrant grass design
Unrecorded maker
13th century · Carved black, red, and yellow lacquer
Cleared · Public Domain
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508 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)
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Incense box with fragrant grass design
Unrecorded maker
13th century · Carved black, red, and yellow lacquer
Cleared · Public Domain
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Incense Box (Kogo) with Pines and Plovers
Unrecorded maker
early 14th century · Lacquered wood with gold togidashimaki-e on nashiji (“pear-skin” ground)
Cleared · Public Domain
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Covered Incense Box (Kōgō) with Tree Peonies
Unrecorded maker
16th century · Carved wood with red and black lacquer; Kamakura-bori ware
Cleared · Public Domain
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Stationery Box in Kōdaiji style
Unrecorded maker
early 17th century · Gold- and silver-foil inlay, gold maki-e, on lacquered wood
Cleared · Public Domain
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Covered box from an incense set
Unrecorded maker
18th century · Jade (nephrite)
Cleared · Public Domain
liveIncense box with pines
Unrecorded maker
18th century · Gold, silver hiramaki-e, takamaki-e cut-out gold foil application on gold ground
Cleared · Public Domain
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Incense burner with cover
Unrecorded maker
18th century · Jade (nephrite)
Cleared · Public Domain
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Black lacquer box with phoenix designs
Unrecorded maker
18th–19th century · Lacquer with gold paint and metal fittings
Cleared · Public Domain
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Box with Design of Pines Along the Shore
Unrecorded maker
late 19th century · Gold maki-e on black lacquer
Cleared · Public Domain
liveIncense Box (Kogo) with Design of Iris and Bridge (Yatsuhashi)
Yamada Jōkasai (1681–1704) (d. 1704)
19th century · Gold-speckled aventurine (nashiji) lacquer with sprinkled and polished design (hiramakie)
Cleared · Public Domain
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Incense Box with Designs of Pines Along the Shore and Young Pines
Unrecorded maker
late 19th century · Gold maki-e on black lacquer
Cleared · Public Domain
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Carved Lacquer Box “Green Flower”
Matsumoto Tatsuya (d. 9999)
2012 · Wood with green and yellow lacquer, gold maki-e, mother-of-pearl inlay
In copyright
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