MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
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A LACQUER INCENSE BOX (KOGO)
meiji period (late 19th century)
Fashioned in the form of a gourd separated into a container and cover and balanced on one end on a smaller double-gourd of the same shape, lacquered on the lower half in nashiji and on the cover in fundame with hiramaki-e and kirigane details to the two leaves, the interior of the box nashiji
5in. (13.3cm.) long
meiji period (late 19th century)
Fashioned in the form of a gourd separated into a container and cover and balanced on one end on a smaller double-gourd of the same shape, lacquered on the lower half in nashiji and on the cover in fundame with hiramaki-e and kirigane details to the two leaves, the interior of the box nashiji
5in. (13.3cm.) long