A Rare inlaid square lacquer box and cover (kashiki) Late 19th Century

the square body with indented corners decorated on a fundame ground with a fine design of the Rokkasen, the six poets (Ono-no Komachi, Bunya no Yasuhide, Sojo Henjo, Ariwara no Narihira, Kisen Hoshi, Otomo no Yakamochi) inlaid in variously glazed pottery in Ristuo style, with gold and colored hiramaki-e, takamaki-e  and kirigane, the sides with lines of poems in Rimpa style inlaid with mother-of-pearl, gold foil and pewter, the interior divided diagonally in Kodaiji-style maki-e, the left in nashiji and the right part in fundame with a poem in similar manner, the interior of the box in fine nashiji, the rims mounted with silver, with black lacquer storage box, with an inscription Rokkasen maki-e Kashiki  (2)

Gustav Jacoby Collection.
Sotheby's London, 17th June 1987, lot 349.

Slight rubbing to the corners of the lid, otherwise in good condition.
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