A Makie Lacquer Kogo with Seashell Designs – Edo
September 2013 Auction by Far East Asian Art

This is a handsome lacquer kogo with a very interesting design of seashells done in indented depressions. One seashell has a design of branch of plum blossoms with a distant scene of hills. The second shell has a design of what appear to be maple leaves – again with distant hills. The third shell has a design of random streaks.

On the two long sides there are two sprigs of branches of some sort. The interior has a lovely mottles nashiji (pear skin) with dark and light golds...