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UNSIGNED, EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)
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A KOGO [INCENSE BOX]
Unsigned, Edo period (17th century)
Of the usual form with rounded corners and a flush-fitting lid resting on rims, the dense nashiji ground decorated in gold hiramaki-e and lead with silver flakes with scattered plum blossom and a stylised pine and bamboo laden down with snow, the interior with pine, bamboo and plum, the base black- lacquered with sparse gold flakes (some inlay lifting), with fitted box and an inscription recorded that it was received as a gift in Kaei 6 [1853]
13/8 x 25/8 x 33/8in. (3.5 x 6.6 x 8.7cm.)
Unsigned, Edo period (17th century)
Of the usual form with rounded corners and a flush-fitting lid resting on rims, the dense nashiji ground decorated in gold hiramaki-e and lead with silver flakes with scattered plum blossom and a stylised pine and bamboo laden down with snow, the interior with pine, bamboo and plum, the base black- lacquered with sparse gold flakes (some inlay lifting), with fitted box and an inscription recorded that it was received as a gift in Kaei 6 [1853]
13/8 x 25/8 x 33/8in. (3.5 x 6.6 x 8.7cm.)
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