Mokubei: orange-shaped incense caddy in the style of shonzui ware

Mokubei: orange-shaped incense caddy in the style of shonzui ware
Mokubei: orange-shaped incense caddy in the style of shonzui ware
Mokubei: orange-shaped incense caddy in the style of shonzui ware

Height 5.1cm, diameter 4.5cm, round base. It comes in a box with a lid that bears the inscription “Seika Mikan Shourui Shichushu Kobo Rouboku Komizou In” (Blue-and-white Mandarin Orange Shourui Seven-scented Incense Box, Rouboku Komizou In). This is a copy of the Shourui Mikan incense container, with the stem and leaves made into clasps. The entire surface of the body, right down to the bottom, is decorated with Shourui roundels, and on one of the roundels on the bottom, the words “Heian Kawayo-sei Mokumai” are written in three lines.

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