Japanese Art II - 23rd May 2023

Lot 234

A JAPANESE LACQUER AND EGGSHELL BOX MEIJI ERA

Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £420

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Description

A JAPANESE LACQUER AND EGGSHELL BOX

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Shaped as a pavilion and decorated with many cranes in flight on the white eggshell ground, the walls opening to reveal many boxes decorated with chickens and further cranes, some in tsugaru lacquer, 24cm x 11.3cm x 15cm. (a lot)