Printed from Woolley & Wallis
Asian Art Day Two - 21st May 2009
Lot 514
A tortoiseshell rectangular box and cover
Estimate £400 - £600
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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.