Two chaire (tea caddy) and one kogo (incense box)


Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), mid/late 19th centuryComprising one cylindrical chaire with inrobuta (flush-fitting lid) decorated in gold and iro-e takamaki-e, hiramaki-e and togidashi maki-e with an all-over design of butterflies, unsigned, 7cm (2¾in) high; the second a stoneware tea caddy with a dripped blue glaze on the shoulder with a lid, 6.5cm (2½in) high; the spherical black-lacquer kogo decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e with ivy and trailing vine, the interior of polished black lacquer, unsigned, 3.9cm (1½in) high; with an unrelated rectangular black-lacquer storage box, 12cm x 17.2cm x 10.1cm (4¾in x 6¾in x 4in). (8).