A GOOD JAPANESE LACQUER INCENSE CONTAINER (KOGO) 19TH CENTUR...

Hammer

£650

A GOOD JAPANESE LACQUER INCENSE CONTAINER (KOGO)
19TH CENTURY
finely decorated in takamaki-e gold and coloured lacquer with a Heian beauty wearing a traditional juni-hitoe (twelve fold dress), against a red togidashi ground, the interior decorated with nashiji gold lacquer, with a tomobako storage box
10.0cm wide

PROVENANCE: From the Eva & Aubrey Sweet Collection, Melbourne, Australia. Acquired from Lesley Kehoe Galleries, Melbourne, Australia, 2007, and with original invoice

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This lot has been imported from outside the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import charge is payable at 5% on the hammer price.  VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer's premium and will not be shown separately on our invoice.