L37 Japanese Somada Lacquer: Children playing instruments Kobako Containing Four Boxes for Perfume


THE JAPANESE COLLECTION Children Playing Instruments Kobako Lacquer Somada style Kobako. L37 A fine Kobako containing four boxes for perfume, decorated in Somada style lacquer and gold. The cover shows children playing various musical instruments in a garden outside a terrace. The sides of the cover are decorated with fundame pattern and shell emblems. The set of four boxes are similarly worked with flowering plants, butterflies, and birds. Japan, 19th century Dimensions: 9.2cm x 11.1cm x 4cm. Signed: Unsigned. Provenance: Sotheby's Published: Item 362 'In Search of Netsuke and Inro' by George A. Cohen.