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A LACQUER SMOKING SET (TABAKO-BON) WITH PIPE A BLACK LACQUER SMALL BOX, KOBAKO
Edo period/Meiji era, 19th century Meiji/Taisho era
The top with an inset silvered copper ash compartment/brazier, The rectangular lid and part of one side delicately decorated in gold
covered silver tobacco container decorated with repoussé peony and silver togidashi maki-e and gold e-nashiji with flowering autumn
blossoms; the sides and stack of drawers to the front decorated grasses near a brush-wood fence silhouetted against a roiro nuri
in gold, silver and iro-e takamaki-e, gold hiramaki-e, kirikane and ground, with silver edge bands on the overlapping lid and slightly
haritsuke kanagai on a roiro ground with a band of butterflies above flaring lower section.
panels featuring sudare blinds and flowering peony, the pair of sliding 1 1/2 x 4 3/8 x 5 1/4in (3.8 x 11.3 x 13.3cm)
doors to the front with iris on a fundame ground; with a silver square $800 - 1,200
bail handle, butterfly-shaped pulls and front hooks for the pipe; the
kiseru with an ivory shaft and silvered metal ends with relief decoration 2532
of sparrows and chrysanthemum (silver oxidized, chips, minor dents). A GILT LACQUER INCENSE CONTAINER, KOGO
6 7/8 x 8 3/4 x 5 1/2in (17.4 x 22.5 x 14cm) box excluding handle; 11 19th century
1/2in (29.3cm) length of pipe The square lid decorated with an autumn scene of country dwellings
$800 - 1,200 amid rolling hills shrouded in mist, rendered in gold and silver
hiramaki-e, takamaki-e and togidashi maki-e with gold kirikane and
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ESTATE, ATHERTON, CALIFORNIA Gyobu-flake clouds and accents on the short sides, with silver edge
bands, the interior and base dense nashiji (oxidization of silver).
2528 1/2 x 3 1/8 x 3 1/4in (1.7 x 8 x 8.4cm)
A LACQUER HEXAGONAL SMALL BOX, KOBAKO $1,000 - 1,500
19th century
The top and sides decorated with a temple complex shaded by pines 2533
along a waterway bordered by jagged hills, rendered in gold and silver TWO LACQUER DECORATED CONTAINERS
hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, togigashi maki-e with silver inlaid accents, Edo period/Meiji era, 19th century
gold kirikane and extensive okibirame on a reddish-brown ground, the The first a mokko-form incense container (kogo) decorated with a
interior and base dense nashiji, with fundame rims (oxidation of silver). Bugaku headdress, mouth organ (sho), flutes and a small drum in gold
1 3/8 x 3 1/2 x 4in (3.5 x 8.9 x 10.1cm) and silver takamaki-e and kirikane on a fundame ground, nashiji interior
$1,000 - 1,500 (minor wear); the second a mulberry wood kobako decorated with
scrolling gourd vines in gold takamaki-e, the lid interior centered by a
2529 kinji ground fan decorated with golden autumn foliage in takamaki-e
A GILT LACQUER SMALL BOX, KOBAKO and reserved on a nashiji ground (wear to edges and base).
Edo period, 18th/19th century 2 7/8 and 4 1/4in (7.2 and 10.9cm) long
The rectangular lid with rounded corners and designed in shades of $800 - 1,200
gold takamaki-e with phoenix and paulownia on a nashiji ground, the
underside of the lid decorated with a butterfly hovering above a golden 2534
peony bushes reserved on a ground of dense nashiji, with fundame A GILT LACQUER SMALL BOX, KOBAKO
rims (minor wear). Edo period, late 18th/early 19th century
3 3/8in (8.6cm) long The rectangular top and sides decorated with a view of Uji bridge
$800 - 1,200 bordered by summer willows and gabions along the banks of fast-
flowing river, executed in gold and silver hiramaki-e, takamaki-e,
2530 togidashi maki-e, okibirame, kirkane, the cresting waves picked out in
A GILT LACQUER SMALL BOX, KOBAKO silver takamaki-e, with silver rims, the interior and base nashiji.
Edo period, 19th century 4 3/8in (11.1cm) long
Of rectangular shape with rounded edges and decorated on the $1,500 - 2,500
exterior with scattered chrysanthemum blossoms in gold takamaki-e
on a nashiji ground, the interior and base with dense nashiji, with silver 2535
rims (minor wear). A GILT LACQUER SMALL BOX, KOBAKO
2 x 4 1/8 x 3 1/4in (4.9 x 10.8 x 8.4cm) Meiji era, late 19th century
$800 - 1,200 In the shape of a koto (stringed instrument) decorated in gold and silver
hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, mokume togidashi maki-e with Gyobu and
kirikane accents, the interior, base and pad feet nashiji (small edge chip).
5 5/8in (14.2cm) long
$1,500 - 2,500
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