Incense pillow, or makura kōro, with wisteria

Details

• Title

  Incense pillow, or makura kōro, with wisteria

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

• Date

  1601 - 1630

• Material and technique

  wood, covered in black lacquer, with hiramaki-e lacquer decoration in gold

• Material index

  organic › vegetal › wood;

  organic › vegetal › resin › lacquer;

  processed material › metal › gold

• Technique index

  carved;

  covered › coated › varnished › lacquered

• Object type

  container › box › incense-box;

  toilet/cosmetic equipment;

  furniture/furnishings › furnishing › bedding › pillow

• Dimensions

  pillow 13.8 x 12.5 x 22.9 cm (height x width x depth)
  drawer 11.7 x 12.2 x 22 cm (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  2

• Credit line

  Purchased with the assistance of the Story Fund, 1986.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1986.4

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