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Circular Incense Box with Design of Hoteiearly Edo period, 17th century

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Small circular lacquer box with rust-red lid featuring a black relief figure of a laughing rotund man carrying a staff, over a patterned ground; key-fret band on the sides

Anonymous, Circular Incense Box with Design of Hotei, early Edo period, 17th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall E. Wright, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Anonymous
Title
Circular Incense Box with Design of Hotei
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
early Edo period, 17th century
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Carved red and black lacquer
Dimensions
1 x 2 5/8 in. (2.5 x 6.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall E. Wright
Accession Number
M.79.182.6
Classification
Lacquer
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Kuwayama, George. Far Eastern Lacquers. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1978.
  • Lee, Yu-kuan. Oriental Lacquer Art. New York and Tokyo: Weatherhill, 1972.