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MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY)
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A Kogo In The Form Of The Takarabune
Meiji Period (Late 19th/early 20th Century)
The top of the cover decorated in kinji, gyobu, gold and silver takamakie, hiramakie, e-nashiji and gold and silver heidatsu with the takaramono [attributes of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune] - the hat and cloak of invisibility, a mallet, five tama (and another at the top of the mast), a clove, a weight, coral, scrolls, a shippo form and a bonsai of a flowering plum tree, the area between the stays of the mast gyobu, forming a background to the takaramono, the rims to the box and cover silver, the sides, interior and base nashiji, a minor chip to the base is partly filled
1.7/8 x 6¾ x 4.3/8in. (4.9 x 17.2 x 11cm.)
Meiji Period (Late 19th/early 20th Century)
The top of the cover decorated in kinji, gyobu, gold and silver takamakie, hiramakie, e-nashiji and gold and silver heidatsu with the takaramono [attributes of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune] - the hat and cloak of invisibility, a mallet, five tama (and another at the top of the mast), a clove, a weight, coral, scrolls, a shippo form and a bonsai of a flowering plum tree, the area between the stays of the mast gyobu, forming a background to the takaramono, the rims to the box and cover silver, the sides, interior and base nashiji, a minor chip to the base is partly filled
1.7/8 x 6¾ x 4.3/8in. (4.9 x 17.2 x 11cm.)