Lot 425 Dα

Three very small lidded gold lacquer boxes for incense (kôgô). Edo period

a) Of flat round shape, displaying a farming house by a river, enriched with kirikane, the lower part of the box with kinji, b) in shape of a folding fan, displaying a blossoming plum tree by a fence, rendered with metal rods and brass wire, the blossom of red coral, 17th century, and c) of round shape with a mallow blossom and bud, signed Kajikawa, rubbed. (3)
a) Diameter 4.2 cm; length 6.1 cm; c) diameter 3.7 cm