TWO LACQUER KŌBAKO (BOXES FOR INCENSE) AND A KŌGŌ (INCENSE CONTAINER) Meiji era (...

TWO LACQUER KŌBAKO (BOXES FOR INCENSE) AND A KŌGŌ (INCENSE CONTAINER) Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century Comprising a rectangular decorated with the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove in gold, silver, and black togidashi maki-e with kinpun and kirikane highlights all on a bright kinji ground, the interior and base nashiji, with a wood tomobako storage box; A rectangular box with lobed corners decorated with warriors from the Taira clan laying siege to a castle decorated in iro-e takamaki-e and hiramaki-e against a kinji ground, the interior and base finished in Gyōbu-nashiji; A box in the form of a stack of five volumes of books in a slip case decorated in iro-e hiramaki-e with birds and butterflies among plants and swirling clouds on a ground of reddish-brown, the ends lacquered to imitate book pages and the lid with a cartouche inscribed Ise monogatari (The Tales of Ise), with a removable tray with matching decoration, the interior and underside nashiji, with a wood tomobako storage box inscribe Hōkiri no hana monyō honkei kobako (Book-shaped small box with Oriental Plane flower design) 4 x 3 5/8 x 1 3/8in (10.2 x 9.2 x 3.5cm); 1 3/8 x 3 3/8 x 7/8in (3.5 x 8.6 x 2.2cm); 3 3/8 x 2 3/8 x 1 3/8in (8.6 x 6 x 3.5cm) (3). For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing