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EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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A KOGO [INCENSE BOX]
Edo Period (19th Century)
With flush-fitting lid, with three tiers resting on four bracket feet, the exterior kinji ground decorated in gold and red takamaki-e, kirikane and, togidashi-e, depicting on the cover two long-tailed birds on a flowering cherry tree beside a waterfall, the sides with camelias, pine and bamboo shoots, and grasses beside a stream, the interior nashiji with fundame rims, comprising a tray and two further boxes, the tray with hydrangea and the boxes with a continuous scene of two birds in flight over flowers
6.2cm. high
Edo Period (19th Century)
With flush-fitting lid, with three tiers resting on four bracket feet, the exterior kinji ground decorated in gold and red takamaki-e, kirikane and, togidashi-e, depicting on the cover two long-tailed birds on a flowering cherry tree beside a waterfall, the sides with camelias, pine and bamboo shoots, and grasses beside a stream, the interior nashiji with fundame rims, comprising a tray and two further boxes, the tray with hydrangea and the boxes with a continuous scene of two birds in flight over flowers
6.2cm. high