Japanese Works of Art - 20th May 2026
Lot 545
THREE JAPANESE BOXES AND COVERS
Estimate £600 - £800
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Description
THREE JAPANESE KŌGŌ (INCENSE BOXES AND COVERS)
MEIJI AND LATER, 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY
Two shaped as stylised rabbits, one Kyō-yaki by Ishida Rainosuke (b.1903) with orange ears and eyes, stamped Rainosuke underneath and with a tomobako (wood box) inscribed and signed; the other with green ears, with a stamped mark for Rokubei, in a tomobako inscribed, signed and sealed, possibly by Kiyomizu Rokubei V (1875-1959); the third a Satsuma example of oval shape with chidori flying over crashing waves, brocade patterns and flowers, signed Gyokuzan under the Shimazu mon underneath; 8.5cm max. (8)