A FINE LACQUER KOGO (INCENSE BOX) AND COVER WITH KABUTO AND BAMBOO HANAKAGOJapan, 19th centuryOf circular form, with a slightly domed cover and supported on a short foot, with silver rims. The exterior and interior of rich nashiji, top of the cover finely decorated in gold and colored takamaki-e as well as kirikane and inlays of mother-of-pearl with a kabuto with kuwagata maedate as well as a bamboo hanakago (flower vase) bearing leaves and reeds.DIAMETER 7.9 cmCondition: Excellent condition with minor wear.Provenance: Collection of Gaston Lazard (1878-1956) and his wife Jane Levy (1886-1985), thence by descent within the same family.