A lacquer kogo (incense container) Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century The circular box and cover decorated in iro-e takamaki-e with a bold design of an old Chinese ink cake tied with a silk cord and inscribed with characters, and with a coin inlaid in glazed ceramic against a reddish brown ground, signed on the underside in seal form Kan With a wood tomobako storage box inscribed on the cover Ogawa Haritsu sumi kogo zaimei (Incense container in the form of an ink cake signed by Ogawa Haritsu) 3 1/4in (8.3cm) diameter