Japanese Works of Art - 16th November 2023

Lot 807

A JAPANESE LACQUER AND EGGSHELL BOX

Estimate £200 - £400 | Hammer £227

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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, 20.5cm x 12.2cm x 16cm. (a lot)