A JAPANESE SILVER KOGO BY KANO NATSUO (1828-1898)

A JAPANESE SILVER KOGO BY KANO NATSUO (1828-1898)

MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

The delicate incense box and cover inset with a circular plaque to the top engraved in katakiribori, embellished with sprays of flowering chrysanthemum and leafy bamboo, the lid signed Natsuo, with a tomobako wood box and a copy of Nihon no Bijutsu magazine no.64 where a similar box signed Natsuo is illustrated (no.215), 6.9cm. (3)

See Bonhams, London, Fine Japanese Art, 12th May 2016, lot 504 for a related box by Natsuo.