Asian Art Day Two - 21st May 2009

Lot 514

A tortoiseshell rectangular box and cover

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £1500

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Description

A tortoiseshell rectangular box and cover, applied with silver panels and spandrels, decorated with cash, scrolls, auspicious emblems and figures beneath a pine tree, the escutcheon formed as a butterfly, 19th century, damages and losses, 17.2cm.