LATE EDO-EARLY MEIJI PERIOD (MID-LATE 19TH CENTURY)
细节
A TWO-TIER LACQUER INCENSE BOX (KOBAKO)
late edo-early meiji period (mid-late 19th century)
Constructed in the shape of a folded poem slip, decorated on the exterior in gold and silver takamaki-e and hiramaki-e, okibirame and inlaid aogai on a kinji ground, the lid with four quails amidst autumn grasses beneath a moon of inlaid silver which continues down the side of the lid, the sides illustrated with autumn foliage behind a woven bamboo fence, the interior and base nashiji
2 7/8in. (8.3cm.) high
late edo-early meiji period (mid-late 19th century)
Constructed in the shape of a folded poem slip, decorated on the exterior in gold and silver takamaki-e and hiramaki-e, okibirame and inlaid aogai on a kinji ground, the lid with four quails amidst autumn grasses beneath a moon of inlaid silver which continues down the side of the lid, the sides illustrated with autumn foliage behind a woven bamboo fence, the interior and base nashiji
2 7/8in. (8.3cm.) high