A CARVED WOOD AND POLYCHROME LACQUER INCENSE BOX AND COVER
THE FLORENCE AND HERBERT IRVING COLLECTION
A CARVED WOOD AND POLYCHROME LACQUER INCENSE BOX AND COVER

JAPAN, SIGNED TESSAI [KANO TESSAI (1845-1925)], LATE EDO/MEIJI PERIOD, CIRCA 1860-75

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A CARVED WOOD AND POLYCHROME LACQUER INCENSE BOX AND COVER
JAPAN, SIGNED TESSAI [KANO TESSAI (1845-1925)], LATE EDO/MEIJI PERIOD, CIRCA 1860-75
After the porcelain box by Kenzan dated 1860, carved with the mask of Ryo-o, decorated in various lacquers, signed Tessai sei to base
3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm.) long; with original Japanese wood box signed by artist
Provenance
Eskenazi, London, 1989.
The Irving Collection, no. 2867.

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