Incense Box Cover with Design of Backgammon Board

Medium

Gold and lacquer on wood

Dimensions

H. 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm); W. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); D. 4 in. (10.2 cm)

Classification

Lacquer

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Stephen Whitney Phoenix, 1881

Accession Number

81.1.274

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