TWO JAPANESE GOLD LACQUER KOGO [INCENSE BOXES]
Lot 1066

TWO JAPANESE GOLD LACQUER KOGO [INCENSE BOXES]

EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY)

Closed9 December 2012

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GBP 2,750

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TWO JAPANESE GOLD LACQUER KOGO [INCENSE BOXES]
EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY)
The first decorated with an uchiwa [fan] in gold and silver lacquer and inlays of mother-of-pearl and stone; the other decorated in gold high relief lacquer with mandarin ducks amongst rocks and waves, the interior with mitsu-tomoe mon against a nashiji [sprinkled gold lacquer] ground
The larger 5 in. (12.2 cm.) long (2)

H.R.H. The Princess Mary, Princess Royal, Countess of Harewood (1897-1965) and by descent at Harewood House, Yorkshire.

Specialist note

The second box accompanied with a note stating 'From Sir Colin Keppel 1906.'