Incense box (kôgô), Shirayama Shôsai
Lacquer ware
Japan
Subject/design:
On the lid, a Chinese lion (karajishi) within a border of stylised clouds.
Materials:
Polychrome hiramaki-e lacquer
Date:
Meiji era (1868-1912)
Size:
2.6 x 5.8 cm
Place of origin:
Japan
Artist:
Shirayama Shôsai 白山松哉 (1853-1923)
Inventory number:
CB.LJ.1929.88
Copyright:
Fondation Baur
Photographer:
Marian Gérard