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PROPERTY FROM A JAPANESE PRIVATE COLLECTION
A SMALL AGATE 'CHRYSANTHEMUM' BOX AND COVER
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
Details
A SMALL AGATE 'CHRYSANTHEMUM' BOX AND COVER
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The cover is carved with a central circular hatched roundel from which narrow chrysanthemum petals radiate. The box is carved with similar petals. The translucent stones is of pale creamy tones, with very small caramel inclusions.
2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The cover is carved with a central circular hatched roundel from which narrow chrysanthemum petals radiate. The box is carved with similar petals. The translucent stones is of pale creamy tones, with very small caramel inclusions.
2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
Provenance
The Hosokawa Family Collection
Literature
Hosokawa Morisada, Ittokuroku, Tokyo, 1982, pp. 239-240, pl. 110
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Ruben Lien