A GOLD LACQUER KODANSU [INCENSE CABINET], MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A GOLD LACQUER KODANSU [INCENSE CABINET], MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19^TH CENTURY

of rectangular form with hinged door, decorated in gold hiramaki-e, hirame and nashiji on a gold ground with continuous landscapes on the sides and the top with a scene of a lady by a river beating clothes, the interior containing three drawers with susuki [Japanese pampas grass] by a river, the mounts in silver, with fitted wood box

15 x 11 x 13.3 cm., 5⅞ x 4⅓ x 5¼ in.