A TWO-TIER LACQUER INCENSE BOX ( KOBAKO ) showa period (20th century) The rectangular box with rounded corners fitted with a removable tray, decorated on the exterior in iro-e takamaki-e , hiramaki-e , togidashi and okibirame with motifs alluding to Kocho ("Butterflies"), chapter 24 of the Genji monogatari ( The Tale of Genji ), the cover with two little pages steering a Chinese-style dragon boat within Murasaki's spring garden of flowering cherry, pines and willows, the sides decorated with a continuation of the scene, a palace musician on one side in a phoenix boat, the tray lacquered in similar techniques with two little girls dressed as butterflies, the interior and base nashiji 4 x 3 5/8 x 3in. (10.1 x 9.3 x 7.7cm.)
A TWO-TIER LACQUER INCENSE BOX ( KOBAKO ) showa period (20th century) The rectangular box with rounded corners fitted with a removable tray, decorated on the exterior in iro-e takamaki-e , hiramaki-e , togidashi and okibirame with motifs alluding to Kocho ("Butterflies"), chapter 24 of the Genji monogatari ( The Tale of Genji ), the cover with two little pages steering a Chinese-style dragon boat within Murasaki's spring garden of flowering cherry, pines and willows, the sides decorated with a continuation of the scene, a palace musician on one side in a phoenix boat, the tray lacquered in similar techniques with two little girls dressed as butterflies, the interior and base nashiji 4 x 3 5/8 x 3in. (10.1 x 9.3 x 7.7cm.)
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