Japanese Works of Art - 12th November 2019

Lot 283

A JAPANESE LACQUER BOX AND COVER MEIJI PERIOD

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £320

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Description

A JAPANESE LACQUER BOX AND COVER

MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

The lid decorated with two cranes under a flowering prunus tree, with two paulownia mon above and bamboo to the sides, in hiramaki-e, kirikane and nashiji, together with a four-case inro decorated with pines and ferns in gold lacquer on a plain black ground, 26.3cm and 7.5cm respectively. (3)