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Incense Box with Flowering Plum Tree

Ogata Kōrin

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Brown incense box with rounded rectangular shape and domed lid. The box features a design of a flowering plum tree created with inlays of mother-of-pearl and other materials in pastel shades of pink, white, and pale green. The inlays form flowers and leaves on dark brown branches. A thin black line encircles the box where the lid meets the base. The box sits on a beige surface.

Artwork Details

Date
19th century
Medium
Gold lacquer with gold hiramaki-e, black lacquer, and mother-of-pearl inlay
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
600 × 498 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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