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A LACQUER KOGO [INCENSE BOX]
EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY)
風呂敷包蒔絵香合
江戸時代（18-19世紀）
The rectangular box with rounded corners and fush-ftting cover in the form of
a box tied inside a folded furoshiki [Japanese wrapping cloth], decorated in gold
hiramaki-e and a greenish-black lacquer togidashi on a nashiji ground, depicting
cherry blossoms and maple leaves, nashiji interior, fundame rims
7.6cm. long
£1,500-1,800 $2,600-3,000
€1,900-2,200

PROVENANCE:
Eskenazi Ltd., London

For another example of a box with a furoshiki design in the Burghley House
Collection, Stamford, England, see:
Kyoto National Museum ed., Japan makie – kyuden wo kazaru toyo no kirameki –
[Export Lacquer: Refection of the West in Black and Gold Makie], (Osaka, 2008),
cat. 206

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A LACQUER KOBAKO [SMALL BOX]
EDO PERIOD (MID-19TH CENTURY)
絵本散蒔絵小箱
江戸時代（19世紀中期）
The rectangular box with rounded corners and fush-ftting cover, decorated in
gold, silver, red and black hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, togidashi, kinpun and inlaid in
mother-of-pearl in Somada style technique with various open and closed books
including Genji monogatari [The Tale of Genji] and Taketori monogatari [The Tale of
the Bamboo Cutter and the Moon Princess] against a nashiji ground, nashiji interior,
fundame rims
11.5 cm. wide
£3,000-4,000 $5,100-6,700
€3,700-4,900

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