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Kogo incense box, crawling crab, Raku stoneware, red, gold, white, green glazes, antique, Japan

Kogo incense box, crawling crab, Raku stoneware, red, gold, white, green glazes, antique, Japan

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Small kogo, incense box, in the shape of a crab in rest. Grayish brown grainy and soft Raku stoneware with red glaze and with patches of green and white glaze. The eyes are accentuated with gold, as is a small area on it’s back.

Potter’s mark on the belly. Unidentified.

Japan, 1800s.

H ca 1.25 x W ca 3 in.

Some of the gold rubbed, split in clay at the rim of the lower section caused by firing, which is not considered a damage. All in all very good condition

From a private collection of Japanese ceramics, New York

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