Lot Essay
A label affixed to the storage box states that this piece was handed down in the Inaba family of Yodo in Yamashiro province.
EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
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A LACQUER INCENSE BOX (KOBAKO)
edo period (18th century)
The cylindrical box with domed lid decorated on the exterior in gold takamaki-e, gold and silver hiramaki-e and gold and silver foil on a bright nashiji ground with nanten bushes on the rocky banks of a stream, with mon of the Inaba and possibly the Hoshina family of Kazusa province, the interior and base roiro with sparse nashiji
3 7/8in. (9.8cm.) high
edo period (18th century)
The cylindrical box with domed lid decorated on the exterior in gold takamaki-e, gold and silver hiramaki-e and gold and silver foil on a bright nashiji ground with nanten bushes on the rocky banks of a stream, with mon of the Inaba and possibly the Hoshina family of Kazusa province, the interior and base roiro with sparse nashiji
3 7/8in. (9.8cm.) high