A JAPANESE LACQUER INCENSE BOX

A JAPANESE LACQUER KŌGŌ (INCENSE BOX AND COVER)
MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Of circular flattened form, the lid decorated with irises rendered in gold hiramaki-e and nashiji on the black roiro ground, the rims with metal rings; a faint three-character mark hidden amongst the decoration and with a red seal mark, 7.8cm. (2)