A KOBAKO [SMALL BOX]

EDO/MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

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A KOBAKO [SMALL BOX]
Edo/Meiji Period (19th Century)
In the form of an open folding fan; black lacquer ground; the fan-leaf decorated in gold and aokin togidashi-e with details in gold foil mosaic; the other surfaces dense gold nashiji; the fan-sticks, fan-guards and rims silver

Autumn grasses, including ominaeshi [valerian], kikyo [Chinese bellflower] and wild chrysanthemums, festooned with spiders' webs, one web with a large red and gold striped spider
1 x 6 x 4in. (4.5 x 15.9 x 10.3cm.)

Literature

Eskenazi Limited, Japanese Netsuke, Inro and Lacquer-ware (London, 1986), cat. no. 78

Lot Essay

For a very similar example, probably the pair to this lot since it is the same size and shows the other autumn plants including fujibakama, hagi and susuki, see Eskenazi Limited, Japanese Netsuke, Inro and Lacquer-ware (London, 1986), cat. no. 78.

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