Incense holder in the shape of a shell

Japanese Collection

Accession Nr.: 2535.1-2
Type: object for daily use; lacquers
Date of production:
Second half of the 19th century
Edo (Tokugawa) period or Meiji era
Place of production:
Acquisition: collection of Ferenc Hopp
Materials: wood
Techniques: lacquered
Dimensions: height: 5.6 cm
width 9.5 cm
diameter: 12.5 cm
Small shell-shaped box (kōbako) with kai-awase motif and Bugaku scene

Maki-e