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MASAYUKI (ACTIVE 19TH CENTURY)
A lacquer kogo (incense container)
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
The rectangular container modeled as an old Chinese ink cake, the
cover decorated with monk Genjo Sanzo (Xuanzang, 596-664) and
his monkey attendant riding on turbulent waves raised in low relief,
the interior decorated with the full moon and swirling clouds and a
crescent moon over waves, the underside inscribed Kotei kyuzui in
archaistic Chinese characters, the interior black lacquer, and signed
on the edge of one side Masayuki
With a wood tomobako storage box
2 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 7/8in (6.5 x 6.5 x 2.2cm)

$3,000 - 4,000
Published
Edmund J. Lewis and Joe Earle, Shadows and Reflections: Japanese
Lacquer Art from the Collection of Edmund J. Lewis at the Honolulu
Academy of Arts, Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1996, cat. no. 31
577
ATTRIBUTED TO OGAWA HARITSU (1663-1747)
An inlaid-lacquer kogo (incense container)
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century
The circular box set on three shaped feet and decorated in iro-e
takamaki-e and ceramic inlays with a writing brush resting on a
Chinese-style brush rest in the form of a dragon, and an ink cake,
577 all against a brown-lacquer ground, inscribed on the ink cake with a
Kyoho (1716-1736) reign date and sealed Kan
2 9/16in (6.5cm) diameter
$3,000 - 5,000

Provenance
Purchased from Sydney L. Moss, London, 1990

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