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Lacquer Makie kōgo by Tairyukyo Shibata Zeshin

Diameter 2 ⅝ inches (6.8cm)
Height ¾ inches (2cm)

A lacquer kōgo (incense box) by Shibata Zeshin.
The cover is decorated in gold Makie with Hannya Shingyo sutra.
The interior of the cover and box decorated in Nashiji (gold flakes sprinkled onto the surface).
With a hidden signature on the base " Tairyukyo " (another artist name of Zeshin).

Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891)
He was named Teishitsu Gigeiin (Artist to the Imperial Household) in 1890.

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