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EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)
Details
A Lacquer Incense Box [Kogo]
Edo Period (17th century)
The square box with flushfitting cover decorated in gold hiramaki-e, takamaki-e and inlaid in mother-of-pearl on a black ground with bellflowers [kikyo], the interior black lacquer, lead rims
5.8cm. wide
Edo Period (17th century)
The square box with flushfitting cover decorated in gold hiramaki-e, takamaki-e and inlaid in mother-of-pearl on a black ground with bellflowers [kikyo], the interior black lacquer, lead rims
5.8cm. wide
Provenance
R.A. Pfungst Collection
Special notice
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