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Cosmetic Box (Tebako) with Chrysanthemum Flowers

Unrecorded maker

first half of the 15th century · Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, gold, silver foil application on nashiji ground; gilt bronze fittings

Incense Box (Kōbako) in the Shape of Three Overlapping Jars

Barthélémy Paviet (d. 1800)

mid-18th century · Lacquered wood with gold and silver takamaki‑e, hiramaki‑e, and togidashimaki‑e on gold ground, with gilded mount

Gourd-shaped Incense Box

Unrecorded maker

18th century · Iron with gold and silver

Incense Box (Kōbako)

Unrecorded maker

second half 18th century · Lacquered wood with mother-of-pearl and metal-wire inlays on black ground

Incense Box in Shape of Mandarin Duck

Unrecorded maker

18th century · Lacquer with gold design

Incense box with Chinese children playing with snowballs

Unrecorded maker

18th century · Gold, silver togidashi maki-e, hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, cut-out gold foil application, red lacquer, gold foil application on gold ground

Incense Box in the Shape of a Book

Unrecorded maker

early 19th century · Inner tray of ivory, sprinkled gold lacquer, inlaid metal, shell and colored lacquer

Incense Box (Kōgō) in the Shape of a Plum Blossom

Unrecorded maker

first half 19th century · Porcelain with polychrome overglaze enamels and overglaze gold (Kutani ware)

Incense Box in Shape of Overlapped Chrysanthemums; The Chrysanthemum Youth (Inside Tray)

Unrecorded maker

mid-19th century · Gold, silver hiramaki-e, takamaki-e on gold ground

Incense box in shape of a chrysanthemum blossom

Unrecorded maker

1615–1867 · Dry lacquer, red over black

Incense Box (Kōgō) in the Shape of a Volume of The Tale of Genji

Unrecorded maker

second half of the19th century · Lacquered wood with gold and silver togidashimaki-e

Incense box in the shape of a folding fan

Unrecorded maker

late 19th century · Lacquered wood with gold and silver hiramaki-e on “pear-skin” (nashiji) ground