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EDO PERIOD, (18TH CENTURY)
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A LACQUER INCENSE BOX (KOBAKO)
Edo period, (18th Century)
The rectangular box with overhanging cover, fitted with a removable tray containing six smaller boxes for incense, decorated on the exterior in gold and silver hiramaki-e and takamaki-e on a nashiji ground, the cover with a pine, camellia, crane and minogame, the four sides with pine and mandarin orange trees, with gilt-copper ring fittings incised with a paulownia crest, the smaller nashiji-ground boxes decorated on the lids in gold hiramaki-e with a bird cage, flowers and fans, the interiors and bases of the large and small boxes and the tray roiro with sparse nashiji
5½ x 4 5/8 x 4¼in. (13.8 x 11.7 x 10.9cm.)
Edo period, (18th Century)
The rectangular box with overhanging cover, fitted with a removable tray containing six smaller boxes for incense, decorated on the exterior in gold and silver hiramaki-e and takamaki-e on a nashiji ground, the cover with a pine, camellia, crane and minogame, the four sides with pine and mandarin orange trees, with gilt-copper ring fittings incised with a paulownia crest, the smaller nashiji-ground boxes decorated on the lids in gold hiramaki-e with a bird cage, flowers and fans, the interiors and bases of the large and small boxes and the tray roiro with sparse nashiji
5½ x 4 5/8 x 4¼in. (13.8 x 11.7 x 10.9cm.)