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Kôbako (lacquer box) , Japan, late Edo-period (1600-1868)
                                    Kôbako (lacquer box) , Japan, late Edo-period (1600-1868)
For storing incense for Kôdô ("incense way"). Jumping carp in waves, with algae and smaller fish. Hiramaki-e and Takamaki-e on Maki-bokashi, Roiro ground; inside Nashiji lacquer.
5,7 x 13,4 x 10,3 cm
                                     
                                         
                                         
                                        