JAPANESE AND KOREAN ART 23 march 2022

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A LACQUER INCENSE-GAME SET
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
Comprising a base supported on four bracket feet, a tiered box with
lid and an outer cover with cut-out sides reaching down to the base;
the tiered box containing: a base with salt-makers’ kilns and rakes on
a pine-clad shore; a tray with seven sets of five small boxes inscribed
with the names of different incense-game formats including Kokinko
(Ancient and Modern), Genpeiko (Minamoto and Taira), and Jusshuko
(Ten Varieties); another tray with implements for cutting and arranging
incense; a suzuribako (writing box) for recording guesses and scores,
fitted with a suzuri (inkstone) and suiteki (water dropper), the lid with
ho-o birds and autumn plants; a checkered board for game tokens;
and a lid with blossoming cherry trees and birds in flight, the sides of
the box with a variety of scenes including birds on a flowering prunus
tree with frogs in the water below, and a willow tree and bridge, the
top of the outer cover with flowering wisteria arranged on a bamboo
framework; the decoration in gold, aokin, and silver hiramaki-e and
takamaki-e, with shell details on the outer cover, against a ground of
polished black lacquer or gold hirame flakes over black lacquer, the
implements with silver and steel components
8 1/8 x 10 3/4 x 8 3/4in (20.6 x 27.3 x 22.2cm)
$15,000 - 25,000
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