Japanese Works of Art - 27th July 2021
Lot 434
AN UNUSUAL JAPANESE NEGORO LACQUERED WOOD TONKOTSU
Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £1100
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Description
AN UNUSUAL JAPANESE NEGORO LACQUERED WOOD TONKOTSU
MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
The tobacco box carved as two men wrestling, both kneeling and grasping each other at the waist, each wearing a red lacquer kimono and with their eyes inlaid, their heads forming the lid, 9cm.
Provenance: formerly the collection of Sir Sydney Richard Wells, 1st Baronet, D.L., M.P. for Bedford (1879-1957) of Felmersham Grange, Bedfordshire, and thence by descent.