A Japanese ivory rectangular box and cover decorated in the Shibayama-style in mother-of-pearl, horn and stained ivory with quail below a butterfly beside a flowering magnolia tree and peony -- 4¾in.long; and a guri-type lacquer circular box and cover, the top decorated with two karako on a riverbank before a pavilion, the sides with key-pattern -- 2¾in.diam. (2)

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A Japanese ivory rectangular box and cover decorated in the Shibayama-style in mother-of-pearl, horn and stained ivory with quail below a butterfly beside a flowering magnolia tree and peony -- 4¾in.long; and a guri-type lacquer circular box and cover, the top decorated with two karako on a riverbank before a pavilion, the sides with key-pattern -- 2¾in.diam. (2)

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