Project Description
Fine lacquer kogo in early 18th century style
Of square section with bombé cover, decorated with a classic landscape with rocks, pine tree and pavilions in gold takamakie over a roiro-kinpun ground, with inlaid gold pine needles and kirigane, the sides of the bottom with rocks and ferns, the interior and base with chrysanthemums in gold hiramakie over a roiro-nashiji ground. Pewter rims
Unsigned. Circa 1900
7.4 cm across
Provenance:
Pontgibaud collection, sold as ‘Collection de Monsieur de G…’, Ader Picard, Drouot, 26th May 1970, lot 230 (illustrated in the catalogue)
Jacques Carré, Kapellen
The seller at the Paris sale was the nephew of M. de Pontgibaud, the Comte de Germiny
MR4831
