Chinese Personal Incense Tool Kit

Blond and tightly closed, a plain box wears its inked label like a sash.

This personal incense tool kit of silver and canvas is from China. A tool set in a case of canvas could be carried from place to place, and silver is often chosen for such implements because it resists heat and tarnishes slowly. Smooth, pale and finely grained, the lid and body meet in a clean seam. Black brushed characters run across the top left, and a small red seal mark sits near the right end. It is 9 inches long, 2.6 deep and 2 high.

Plain outside, and rather good at keeping that to itself.