A JAPANESE INCENSE BOX MADE FROM SACRED TEMPLE WOOD

A JAPANESE KŌGŌ (INCENSE BOX) MADE FROM SACRED TEMPLE WOOD
NARA PERIOD, DATED TENPYŌ ERA (8TH CENTURY)

Of rectangular shape, the lid opening to reveal a small oval notch on the inside; the reverse inscribed Tsugiba-no-tokoro, Tōtō-ji, Tenpyō Kozai (From the main square of the East Pagoda Temple, ancient wood from the Tenpyō Era); with a tomobako (wood box), 7.7cm. (3)