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MUROMACHI PERIOD (15TH CENTURY) AND MOMOYAMA PERIOD (16TH CENTURY)
Details
Two lacquer kobako [incense boxes]
Muromachi Period (15th century) and Momoyama Period (16th century)
A square box with flush-fitting cover decorated in gold, black and red hiramaki-e, takamaki-e and nashiji on a black ground with a figure poling a boat among rocks, the interior in gold togidashi-e with stylised mon on a sparse nashiji ground, lead rims and another decorated in gold and black hiramaki-e on a nashiji ground with a mon, chrysanthemums and scrolling foliage, nashiji interior, lead rims
7cm. and 7.5cm. long (2)
Muromachi Period (15th century) and Momoyama Period (16th century)
A square box with flush-fitting cover decorated in gold, black and red hiramaki-e, takamaki-e and nashiji on a black ground with a figure poling a boat among rocks, the interior in gold togidashi-e with stylised mon on a sparse nashiji ground, lead rims and another decorated in gold and black hiramaki-e on a nashiji ground with a mon, chrysanthemums and scrolling foliage, nashiji interior, lead rims
7cm. and 7.5cm. long (2)
Provenance
The first Greenfield Collection
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium