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Sake Cup Kogo
Zeshin school lacquer Kogo.
L38
A Kogo in the style of Shibata Zeshin,
decorated on the roughened green lacquer ground with a sake cup bearing the
character Ju (long life) and a kiku spray in gold and red takamakie, the
interior in gold and silver nashiji.
Japan, 19th century
Dimensions: 9.2cm x 7.2cm x 1.8cm.
Signed: Unsigned.
Provenance: Richard Marchant 1973
Published: Item 360 'In Search of Netsuke and Inro' by George A. Cohen.
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