LOT 122 A BLACK AND GOLD LACQUER KORO AND COVER IN THE FORM OF A CHA...
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A BLACK AND GOLD LACQUER KORO AND COVER IN THE FORM OF A CHAIRE (TEA CADDY) Japan, 19th centuryThe box of ovoid form, supported on a short foot, with an incurved rim, the interior lined with metal, the exterior with a roiro ground decorated in gold and silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, kirigane, and e-nashiji to depict sailing boats and fishing nets in a lake, the landscape further with rockwork, mountains, pines, and huts, all below thick clouds, the concave cover similarly decorated with clouds and surmounted by a knop handle. The interiors and base of nashiji.HEIGHT 7 cmCondition: Very good condition with minor surface wear.Provenance: British private collection. The base inscribed in red lacquer with an inventory number, ’51.465C’, indicating a prior museum deaccession.The present lot may be described as a kikikoro, or incense 'listening' vessel, for containing gin'yo (literally ‘silver leaf’), on which the incense is heated. Notes RefButton4
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