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Incense Container (Kōgō) with Pea Pod and Vine Design
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Department of Asian Art
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum The Elaine Ehrenkranz Collection of Japanese Lacquer Boxes; Gift of Elaine Ehrenkranz
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