Adam's Fine Asian Art Preview 23 November 2021

104 A ORMULU MOUNTED POSSIBLY DUTCH DECORATED KAKIEMON STYLE SAKE FLASK, TOKKURI THE PORCELAIN: JAPAN, 17TH CENTURY, CIRCA 1670-1690 THE DESIGN: POSSIBLY DUTCH, AMSTERDAM BONT / WORKSHOP, CIRCA 1750 Of square cross-section with slighty tapering sides, prob- ably decorated in an Amsterdam workshop circa 1750 in Kakiemon style enamels on its four sides with two different design, that of a blue tiger with a crane amidst flowers, and that of a snail on a table on which is standing a flowered vase, with birds and insects on the upper part, the sloping shoulders with green karakusa on red ground. With a gilt copper mount, both for the foot and for the lid. €1,500 - 3,000 A MAKI-E AND NASHIJI LACQUER ‘STAG AND REISHI’ INCENSE BOX, KOGO 香合 JAPAN, EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY A box shaped as a crouching stag, its back opening by a lid topped by a ‘longevity fungus’ finial unveiling a container for incense powder. The below bears two labels, the one with a missing part inscribed with a calligraphy. H: 5,5 cm - L: 10,5 cm - w: 7,1 cm €1,000 - 2,000 NOTE: A kōgō ( 香合 ) is a small lidded container for the incense that is added to the charcoal fire during the charcoal-laying procedure. Usually, kōgō made of lacquer ware or plain wood would be used for the chips of incense wood (kōboku) used in a portable brazier (furo). Kōgō is one of the tea utensils (chadōgu - 茶道具 ) used in the chadō, i.e. the art of Japanese tea.