Property of various owners A GILT-BRONZE SUTRA BOXMuromachi period (1336-1573), 16th century The rectangular box constructed with a wood core and covered with gilt-bronze sheets worked on the surface with scrolling vines against a nanako ground, the surface further decorated with applied hōrin (wheel-of-law) symbols, the lower edges pierced with shaped openings against a ground of turbulent waves, the interior lined with old silk brocade, the underside inscribed with an illegible date 4 3/4 x 14 x 10 1/4in (12.1 x 35.5 x 26cm) None