Box for Incense Utensils with Cherry Blossoms in a Landscape, 19th century, Japan, Gold and silver maki-e and kirikane on black lacquer ground, H. 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm); W. 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm); D. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm), Lacquer, This box with two compartments and an interior tray would have contained incense and the implements used in the traditional game of discriminating different fragrances of incense. Its landscape decoration of rolling hills covered with flowering cherry trees and a swift-flowing stream are motifs associated with the Yoshino mountains south of Nara, long celebrated in Japanese art and poetry
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Box, Incense Utensils, Cherry Blossoms, Landscape, 19th century, Japan, Gold, silver maki-e, kirikane, black lacquer ground, H, 9 3/4, 24.8 cm, W, 10, 27.3, D, 8 1/4, 21, Lacquer, box, two compartments, interior tray, contained incense, implements, traditional game, discriminating different, fragrances, incense, landscape decoration, rolling hills, covered, flowering cherry, trees, swift-flowing stream, motifs associated, Yoshino mountains, south, Nara, long celebrated, Japanese art, poetry
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