Yamazaki Mushū
Crescent Moon Incense Box
Item number: T-2158Size: H 1.1" x L 3.8" (2.9 x 9.7 cm)
Age: 2007
Mikkazuki Kōgō »Mimizuku«
三日月香合「木菟」
平成１９年製作
Incense box in a crescent-moon shape with decoration in takamakie high-relief lacquer on a polished kinji gold- and silver-powder ground of an owl on an oak branch; the owl, branch and leaves with minute details; the rims in solid silver and the inside and bottom densely covered with nashiji gold flakes. Signed in gold lacquer on the side: Mushū. With fitted kiri-wood tomobako box inscribed on the lid »Crescent Moon Incense Box: Owl« and signed and sealed by Mushū.
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