ID 1387497
Lot 178 | A CIRCULAR LACQUER INCENSE BOX AND COVER WITH FEATHERS
Estimate value
$ 3 000 – 4 000
TAISHO PERIOD (EARLY 20TH CENTURY), SEALED SHOGETSU (UZAWA SHOGESTU;1877-1937)
Sealed on the underside
3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm.) diam.; 5/8 in. (1.59 cm.) high
With the original wood box, on the lid signed Shogetsu and sealed Uzawa Shogetsu
Provenance
The Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Sotheby's, London, 18 June 1997, lot 128
Barry Davies Oriental Art Ltd, London
Acquired from the above in 1997
Thence by descent
Literature
Raymond Bushell, The Inro Handbook: Studies of Netsuke, Inro and Lacquer (New York and Tokyo: John Weatherhill, inc., 1979). No. 123, pp 162-163.
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Japanese lacquerware, Plastic |
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| Historical era: | Meiji period, Taisho period |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Asia, Japan, Asia |
| Category: | Incense box |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Boxes and Cases |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Japanese lacquerware, Plastic |
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| Historical era: | Meiji period, Taisho period |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Asia, Japan, Asia |
| Category: | Incense box |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Boxes and Cases |
| Address of auction |
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