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A LACQUERED-METAL INCENSE CONTAINER (KOGO)
edo period (19th century), signed kanshosai and with kakihan
The small, round container fashioned of metal over a wood core and lacquered on the lid in gold and silver takamaki-e with a peony on a kinji ground, the lower exterior also kinji and the interior wood covered by nashiji, signed on the recessed base in gold lacquer--2 5/8in. (6.8cm.) diameter
edo period (19th century), signed kanshosai and with kakihan
The small, round container fashioned of metal over a wood core and lacquered on the lid in gold and silver takamaki-e with a peony on a kinji ground, the lower exterior also kinji and the interior wood covered by nashiji, signed on the recessed base in gold lacquer--2 5/8in. (6.8cm.) diameter