A JAPANESE LACQUER KOGO (INCENSE BOX, TRAY AND INNER BOXES)

A JAPANESE LACQUER KOGO (INCENSE BOX, TRAY AND INNER BOXES)
EDO/MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

Of rectangular shape with an overhanging cover, decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e, takamaki-e and nashiji with figures wearing Heian-style garments sat on a veranda; with the mon (crest) for the Shimazu family repeated across the surface; the sides with pine, prunus and bamboo beside a stream, and further mon; with gilt-metal fittings suspending silk tasselled cords; a small tray inside with six miniature lidded boxes, the cover of each decorated with a different auspicious object; 10.2cm x 11.8cm x 13.8cm. (15)

Provenance: from a private collection, Hampshire.