Incense Box with Incense
maker
Unknown
Date19th century - 20th century
Place MadeJapan, East Asia
MediumLacquer box with gilded accents and cloth interior; incense wrapped in printed and gold-flecked paper
Dimensions4 x 12.4 x 27.8 cm (1 9/16 x 4 7/8 x 10 15/16 in.)
ClassificationsBoxes
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberU11n8.a-e
eMuseum ID723179
Previous NumberU11n8.1-5
EmbARK ObjectID15119
TMS Source ID3730
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesKathleen King, "Isabella's Desk of Curiosities in the Macknight Room," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 31 May 2022, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/isabellas-desk-curiosities-macknight-room
MarksNotesGilded (on box cover, upper center): [Japanese characters]
Printed in ink (on yellow labels, on paper incense wrappings of pink and gold-flecked incense packages): [Japanese characters]
Printed in ink (on green labels, on paper incense wrappings of pink and gold-flecked incense packages): [Japanese characters]
Printed in ink (on multicolored label, on paper incense wrapping of floral incense package): TRADE MARK / [Japanese characters] / INCENSE / [Japanese characters]
Printed in ink (on pink label, on paper incense wrapping of large white incense package): [Japanese characters]
Printed in ink (on yellow label, on paper incense wrapping of large white incense package): [Japanese characters]
Inscribed in ink (on red-bordered label, on paper incense wrapping of large white incense package): CV7V / BCVC
Inscribed in ink (on blue-bordered label, on paper incense wrapping of large white incense package): 2
Printed in ink (on yellow labels, on paper incense wrappings of pink and gold-flecked incense packages): [Japanese characters]
Printed in ink (on green labels, on paper incense wrappings of pink and gold-flecked incense packages): [Japanese characters]
Printed in ink (on multicolored label, on paper incense wrapping of floral incense package): TRADE MARK / [Japanese characters] / INCENSE / [Japanese characters]
Printed in ink (on pink label, on paper incense wrapping of large white incense package): [Japanese characters]
Printed in ink (on yellow label, on paper incense wrapping of large white incense package): [Japanese characters]
Inscribed in ink (on red-bordered label, on paper incense wrapping of large white incense package): CV7V / BCVC
Inscribed in ink (on blue-bordered label, on paper incense wrapping of large white incense package): 2
ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.
