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EDO PERIOD (17TH-18TH CENTURY)
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A KOGO [INCENSE BOX]
Edo Period (17th-18th Century)
Of circular form with flush-fitting lid, the exterior black lacquer inlaid with yakoh-gai, stained boxwood and stagantler carved to depict a squirrel perched on a leafy branch of biwa, the interior black lacquer
1 1/8 x 2 7/8in. (3 x 7.2cm.)
Edo Period (17th-18th Century)
Of circular form with flush-fitting lid, the exterior black lacquer inlaid with yakoh-gai, stained boxwood and stagantler carved to depict a squirrel perched on a leafy branch of biwa, the interior black lacquer
1 1/8 x 2 7/8in. (3 x 7.2cm.)
Provenance
Matsudaira Kai no Kami Gyozan
Literature
Mike and Hiroko Dean, Nihon no Shikki Japanese Lacquer - an Exposition (Kyoto, 1984), no. 56
Special notice
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