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A Japanese inlaid ivory erotic box
19th Century
of flattened rectangular form, the slightly domed cover decorated in various stones, with flowering branches issuing from rockwork and butterflies, revealing an inner plaque carved with an erotic scene -- 2¼in. (5.7cm.) long; two red lacquer sake cups and a collection of gold lacquer bowls, 20th Century. (15)
19th Century
of flattened rectangular form, the slightly domed cover decorated in various stones, with flowering branches issuing from rockwork and butterflies, revealing an inner plaque carved with an erotic scene -- 2¼in. (5.7cm.) long; two red lacquer sake cups and a collection of gold lacquer bowls, 20th Century. (15)
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