THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A COLLECTION FORMED IN THE 1980STWO LACQUER
KOGO [INCENSE BOXES]
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
The first, a rectangular box with flush-fitting cover, decorated in gold
hiramaki-e, takamaki-e and
kirikane on a sparse
nashiji and black ground depicting pine saplings and a river meandering down from hills,
nashiji interior,
fundame rims
The second, a rectangular box with rounded corners and flush-fitting cover, decorated in gold and black
hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, togidashi, kinpun and
kirikane with pine trees in the foothills of Mount Fuji,
nashiji interior, silver rims
9.3 cm. and 8.8 cm. long
Provenance:Eskenazi Ltd., London (the
kogo with Mount Fuji)
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