Asian Art Day One - 20th May 2009

Lot 75

Two Japanese iron boxes and covers

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £800

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Description

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.