A Group of Four Lacquer Kōgō (Incense Containers) Japan, Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century, Comprising a circular box with a slightly domed, inrōbuta (flush-fitting) lid decorated in gold and brown hiramaki-e with a branch of nanten (nandina) berries against a gold mokume ground, the interior and underside nashiji; a square, shallow box with an inrōbuta decorated in iro-e takamaki-e and hiramaki-e with pavilions in a landscape, the interior and underside nashiji; a square box with a domed kabusebuta (overhanging lid) lobed at the corners, decorated with chrysanthemums in silver and gold hiramaki-e with hirame highlights and a nashiji interior; a circular box with stylized chrysanthemums and waves in gold hiramaki-e on a black ground, black-lacquer interior 3 x 2 3/4in (7.6 x 6.9cm), the largest (4). Footnotes: Provenance The first three, previously sold at Sotheby's, New York, March 21, 2000, lot 89. Lot to be sold without reserve. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ¤ ¤ Unless indicated by the ¤ symbol next to the lot number (or bearing an explicit statement such as 'No Reserve' or 'Without Reserve'), which denotes no reserve, all lots in the catalog are subject to a reserve. The reserve is the minimum hammer price that the seller is willing to accept for a lot. This amount is confidential and does not exceed the low estimate value. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing