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A LACQUER KAGAMIBAKO (BOX FOR A MIRROR) AND A
LACQUER KOGO (INCENSE BOX)
Edo period (1615-1868), 17th/18th century
The circular mirror box with a domed cover decorated in gold
hiramaki-e, togidashi-e, hirame, kirigane and nashiji with camellias
and pine trees by a rushing stream, the interior of the cover with
camellias, the interior of the box lined with silk brocade, the rims
pewter; the rectangular kogo with a slightly domed cover decorated
in gold hiramaki-e with plovers in flight and grasses above stylized
waves within a matsukawa-bishi (pine-bark diamond) reserve, the
background and interior nashiji, pewter rims; with a wood storage
box
1 5/8in (14.3cm) diameter; 3 5/8 x 2 3/4 x 1 1/2in (9.2 x 7 x 3.8cm)
US$1,500 - 2,500

Provenance
Sotheby’s, London, 1971, lot 87
Charles A. Greenfield (the first box), previously sold Sotheby’s, New
York, Japanese Works of Art including the Collection of the Late
Charles A. Greenfield, Part III, Wednesday, March 24, 1999, lot 136 2153
Exhibited
Japan House Gallery, New York, “The Magnificent Three: Lacquer,
Netsuke and Tsuba, Selections from the Collection of Charles A.
Greenfield,” 22 September-12 November, 1972
Published
Harold P. Stern, The Magnificent Three: Lacquer, Netsuke and Tsuba,
Selections from the Collection of Charles A. Greenfield exh. cat., New
York, Japan Society, 1972, no. 11.

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A LACQUER SUZURIBAKO (WRITING BOX)
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century
The rectangular box decorated in several shades of gold hiramaki-e
and takamaki-e with embellishments of kirigane, hirame and nashiji
with rolling waves and boats moored among rocky islands covered
in pine trees, the interior decorated with salt makers at work on
the shore beneath a setting sun, the interior fitted with removable
rectangular trays, and with an inkstone, an oval waterdropper
decorated with a fishing boat and Mount Fuji in iro-e takazogan, two
writing brushes, and an inkstick, the rims pewter
8 7/6 x 8 1/4 x 1 7/8in (22.6 x 21 x 4.8cm)
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US$2,500 - 3,500

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