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Two circular Satsuma kogo (incense boxes) and covers Meiji era (late 19th century)
18 March 2015, 13:00 EDT
New YorkUS$3,000 - US$4,000
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Two circular Satsuma kogo (incense boxes) and covers
Meiji era (late 19th century)
Both containers decorated in polychrome enamels and gilt on a clear crackled glaze; the first of circular form with a central design of figures visiting a shrine, the border and sides with floral bands, the underside decorated with floral scroll, the interior with a profusion of butterflies, signed in gilt Nihon Yozan with the Shimazu family crest; the second of cylindrical form set on three hexagonal feet and the cover decorated with three overlapping panels with wisteria, a coastal scene and women and children playing blind man's bluff, the surrounding area with blossoming flowers and a bird in flight, the edge with a band of floral lozenges, the sides with a continuous scene of blossoming flowers banded by geometric borders, the interior with sprays of flowers, the underside signed in gilt Hinode shokai
The first 3 1/8in (8cm) diameter; the second 1 9/16in (4cm) high
Both containers decorated in polychrome enamels and gilt on a clear crackled glaze; the first of circular form with a central design of figures visiting a shrine, the border and sides with floral bands, the underside decorated with floral scroll, the interior with a profusion of butterflies, signed in gilt Nihon Yozan with the Shimazu family crest; the second of cylindrical form set on three hexagonal feet and the cover decorated with three overlapping panels with wisteria, a coastal scene and women and children playing blind man's bluff, the surrounding area with blossoming flowers and a bird in flight, the edge with a band of floral lozenges, the sides with a continuous scene of blossoming flowers banded by geometric borders, the interior with sprays of flowers, the underside signed in gilt Hinode shokai
The first 3 1/8in (8cm) diameter; the second 1 9/16in (4cm) high