Togidashi lacquer Kobako

L36

A Kobako in the form of two overlapping boxes. One shows the figure of the swordsmith Munechika forging the sword "Little Fox'' assisted by the Fox spirit in the guise of a woman. The other is covered with a mass of gold and coloured togidashi kiku.

The interior tray finely decorated in gold togidashi with a scene of three foxes running in a landscape that has a dream like quality.

Japan, 19th century
Dimensions: 12cm x 6.4cm x 3cm.
Signed: Unsigned.
Provenance: Gaskell Collection, Sotheby's 1975
Published: Item 358 'In Search of Netsuke and Inro' by George A. Cohen.