Asian Art II - 18th May 2016
Lot 847
λ A JAPANESE SHAGREEN TABAKO-IRE MEIJI 1868-1912 The tobacco pouch with two compartments and with...
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £450
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Description
λ A JAPANESE SHAGREEN TABAKO-IRE
MEIJI 1868-1912
The tobacco pouch with two compartments and with gold, silver and shakudo clasps, the netsuke a section of narwhal tusk, unsigned, together with a lacquered wood tonkotsu decorated with roundels of prunus flowers, three character signature, 16.6cm. (2)
Provenance: from an English private collection.