椿鴛鴦蒔絵香合|Incense Container (Kōgō) with Camellia and Mandarin Ducks

Medium

Lacquered wood with gold, silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, cut-out gold foil application, and coral and ivory inlay

Dimensions

H. 1 in. (2.5 cm); W. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); L. 3 5/8in. (9.2 cm)

Classification

Lacquer

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Mrs. George A. Crocker (Elizabeth Masten), 1937

Accession Number

38.25.181a, b