Asian Art Day One - 20 May 2009
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Two Japanese iron boxes and covers, one decorated with chestnuts and other fruits and insects, the other lacquered with birds and flowers, together with an inro decorated with monkeys and a netsuke formed as a Buddhist lion, 18th and 19th centuries, wear and flaking lacquer, 13.5cm. (5)
Provenance: Ernest Ohly Collection.