Lot 155 A SMALL LACQUER KOGO (INCENSE CONTAINER) JAPAN, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY), SIGNED ZESHIN (SHIBATA ZESHIN; 1807-1891)

A SMALL LACQUER KOGO (INCENSE CONTAINER) JAPAN, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY), SIGNED ZESHIN (SHIBATA ZESHIN; 1807-1891)

JAPAN, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY), SIGNED ZESHIN (SHIBATA ZESHIN; 1807-1891)

GBP 1,000

英鎊 1,000 – 英鎊 1,500

未知

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細節: A SMALL LACQUER <i>KOGO</i> (INCENSE CONTAINER)
JAPAN, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY), SIGNED <i>ZESHIN</i> (SHIBATA ZESHIN; 1807-1891)
The shallow, rounded square incense container decorated on the exterior of the <i>kabusebuta</i> (overhanging lid) cover in gold, <i>aokin, keuchi </i>and silver <i>takamaki-e</i> with two <i>itomari</i> or <i>temari</i> (balls made from silk thread), the smaller ball leaning against the larger one lying over pine needles, the design extending over the sides, all reserved on a <i>seido-nuri</i> ground, the rims of gold <i>fundame, </i>the interior of rich <i>nashiji,</i> the underside signed with lightly-incised characters <i>Zeshin.</i>
3⁄8 in. (1.4 cm.) high, 2 5⁄8 in. (6 cm.) long

來源: Purchased at Christie's London, 15 July 1968.
Wrangham Collection, no.868, with original collector's label.