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For a similar example see Metropolitan Museum of Art, East Asian Lacquer: The Florence and Herbert Irving Collection (New York, 1991), p. 222, pl. 102
![A Kodaiji-style Koro [Incense Burner]](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2013/CSK/2013_CSK_09155_0326_000(a_kodaiji-style_koro_incense_burner_momoyama_-_edo_period020405).jpg?w=1)
MOMOYAMA - EDO PERIOD (LATE 16TH - 17TH CENTURY)
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A Kodaiji-style Koro [Incense Burner]
Momoyama - Edo period (late 16th - 17th century)
Of akoda form, decorated in gold hiramaki-e and e-nashiji with scrolling peonies on a black lacquered ground, silver cover
7.8cm. high
Momoyama - Edo period (late 16th - 17th century)
Of akoda form, decorated in gold hiramaki-e and e-nashiji with scrolling peonies on a black lacquered ground, silver cover
7.8cm. high
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