EDO PERIOD, (FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY)
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A LACQUER BOX FOR TEA UTENSILS (CHABAKO) AND A LACQUER INCENSE CASE (KOGO)
Edo period, (first half 18th Century)
The first a rectangular box designed on the cover and on each of four sides with landscapes of jagged cliffs, with exaggerated crevices, thatched cottages and boats by the shore of a river in gold takamaki-e and hiramaki-e on a roiro ground dusted with kimpun, one long side with three geese descending towards a rocky island on which an outsized duck is perched, the interior and base nashiji, the rims pewter; the second of cylindrical form designed on the domed lid in gold hiramaki-e with a chrysanthemum and scrolling leaves and the body sprinkled with nashiji, the interior and base roiro with sparse nashiji, the rims pewter
6 5/8 x 4 x 4in. (17 x 10.2 x 10.1cm.); 3in. (7.7cm.) diam. (2)
Edo period, (first half 18th Century)
The first a rectangular box designed on the cover and on each of four sides with landscapes of jagged cliffs, with exaggerated crevices, thatched cottages and boats by the shore of a river in gold takamaki-e and hiramaki-e on a roiro ground dusted with kimpun, one long side with three geese descending towards a rocky island on which an outsized duck is perched, the interior and base nashiji, the rims pewter; the second of cylindrical form designed on the domed lid in gold hiramaki-e with a chrysanthemum and scrolling leaves and the body sprinkled with nashiji, the interior and base roiro with sparse nashiji, the rims pewter
6 5/8 x 4 x 4in. (17 x 10.2 x 10.1cm.); 3in. (7.7cm.) diam. (2)