Covered Circular Incense Box with Peony Decoration

Rattan

Silver

Lacquer

Rosewood with metal (brass and copper?) fittings, the interior of the box lined with silk damask

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design) techniques, applied kirigane (cut gold and silver), and [later] raden (mother-of-pearl) inlays; metal fittings

Pale greenish white nephrite; the inscription picked out in gold

Ivory plaques mounted on oak, with gilt bronze fittings

Iron or bronze with decoration applied in gold; with small cartouche on the cover reading "Kingakuji" and a maker's mark in gold on the base; the interior of box and cover lined with sheet gold, the linings cursorily engraved with landscapes

Maki-e designs in gold and silver on nashi-ji lacquer ground

Wood with metal fittings

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground), and harigaki (linear incising) techniques, and with applied kirigane (cut gold and silver) and shibuchi (copper-silver alloy); metal fittings