A LACQUER INCENSE BOX (KOBAKO)

EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)

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A LACQUER INCENSE BOX (KOBAKO)
edo period (17th century)
Of rectangular form with gently domed lid, decorated on the exterior in gold hiramaki-e and okibirame on a nashiji ground, the cover with plovers circling over water in a moonlit landscape of rocks, reeds and pines, the four sides designed with a landscape of rocks and grasses, the interior illustrated with young pine shoots in gold hiramaki-e on a ground of sparse nashiji, the base also nashiji, rims pewter
3 3/8 x 2¾ x 1½in. (8.6 x 6.8 x 3.6cm.)