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MASATOSHI (ACTIVE EARLY 20TH CENTURY)
A fine shakudo kogo (incense container)
Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989) era, early 20th century
Carved and worked on the surface to resemble a piece of charcoal,
signed on the underside Shugetsudo Masatoshi tsukuru (Made by
Shugetsu Masatoshi)
With a wood tomobako storage box inscribed Shakudo sumi kogo
(Charcoal incense container [made from] shakudo), signed Masatoshi
tsukuru and sealed Masatoshi
1 7/8in (4.7cm) wide

$1,500 - 2,000

908
A SMALL SHAKUDO KORO (INCENSE BURNER)
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
The rectangular vessel set on bracket feet and decorated with a boat
under sail before Mount Fuji, fishermen hauling lines, and blossoming
plants in iro-e takazogan, takabori, and kebori, the cover pierced with
chrysanthemum blossoms and finished with a pine-cone finial, the
interior liner silver, signed on the side Kiyohide and on the underside
Arikuni
2 1/8 X 1 3/8 X 2 1/2in (5.4 x 3.5 x 6.2cm)

$4,000 - 6,000
909 ¤
THE NOGAWA COMPANY (ACTIVE LATE 19TH CENTURY)
A shakudo incense burner
909 Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1890
The compressed spherical vessel formed with spiral lobes and set on
out-turned tripod feet, decorated with chrysanthemums, paulownia,
wisteria, and prunus in gold, copper, and shibuichi hirazogan on a
shakudo ground, with the Nogawa company mark on the underside,
silver cylindrical liner
3 7/8in (9.8cm) high

$2,000 - 3,000

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