AN EARTHENWARE BOX AND COVER
AN EARTHENWARE BOX AND COVER

MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED KYOTO KINKOZAN KORE ZO AND IMPRESSED KINKOZAN ZO

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AN EARTHENWARE BOX AND COVER
meiji period (late 19th century), signed kyoto kinkozan kore zo and impressed kinkozan zo
Of cylindrical form with four legs, modelled after an armor chest, decorated in colored enamels and gilt with square panels of women in a flower garden, Kinkakuji, and a cockerel and hen amid chrysanthemums, the panels bordered by gilt flower scroll on a cobalt blue ground which is repeated on the tapered legs, the cover decorated with a gilded dragon on the same blue ground, the details in silver
4in. (10.2cm.) high