A GROUP OF FOUR KŌGŌ (INCENSE CONTAINERS) Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era,...

A GROUP OF FOUR KŌGŌ (INCENSE CONTAINERS) Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/ early 20th century Comprising a rectangular box with canted corners and an inrōbuta (flush-fitting) lid decorated with a castle keep and pine trees in gold takamaki-e, inlaid crushed shell, and gold foil against a nashiji ground, the interior and base nashiji and the rims silver; A rectangular box with lobed corners and an inrōbuta lid decorated in Somada style with a pheasant beneath a flowering cherry tree in inlaid shell and gold foil on a glossy black ground, the rim decorated with a checkerboard pattern, the interior fitted with two boxes decorated in similar techniques with maple leaves floating on a stream, the interiors nashiji; A rectangular box in black lacquer with a kabusebuta (overhanging) lid with cut sides deeply carved on the surface with chrysanthemums; A shallow circular box with a flat inrōbuta lid decorated with a hozuki (Alkegengi officinarum) in iro-e takamaki-e and inlaid colored stone on a Gyōbu-nashiji ground, the interior and base nashiji 3 5/8 x 2 3/4 x 1in (9.2 xx 6.9 x 2.5cm), the largest (4). Footnotes: Provenance The second box previously sold at Christie's, New York, June 25, 1986, lot 83 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing