Three tiered cylindrical wooden incense container (kōbako) decorated with inlaid insects (bugs, cicada, butterflies and dragonflies)

Japanese Collection

Accession Nr.: 53.384.1.1-4
Type: lacquers
Date of production:
C. 1910
Meiji era
Place of production:
Signed: Unsigned
Materials/Techniques: wood, lacquer, inlays of mother-of-pearl and semi-precious stones
Dimensions: height: 8.3 cm; diameter: 7.7 cm
Purchased at the Japan–British Exhibition in London, 1910 (HMI_227/1953)