Cosmetic Box with Designs of Silk Incense Wrappers, 16th century

  • Japanese

Black and gold lacquer on leather and wood with silk cords and metal fittings

  • Overall: 4 3/4 × 11 × 8 5/8 inches (12.1 × 27.9 × 21.9 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford II Fund and General Membership Fund; gifts from Mr. and Mrs. William A. Fisher, and Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb by exchange

1984.19

Klaus F. Naumann

1984-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Japanse Design. Shikosha (forthcoming). Mitchell, S. "A portfolio of East Asian lacquers," APOLLO, vol. 124, no. 298. December 1986, p. 75-76 (ill.).

Japanese, Cosmetic Box with Designs of Silk Incense Wrappers, 16th century, black and gold lacquer on leather and wood with silk cords and metal fittings. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford II Fund and General Membership Fund, et al., 1984.19.