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AN UNUSUAL MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID LACQUER PEN AND COVER
MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
Finely worked with multi-coloured shell and gold foil inlay to depict a pair of dragons coiled around the pen in pursuit of 'flaming pearls', with the eight auspicious emblems tied with ribbons on the cover (old repair to rim of cover)
10 3/8 in. (27.5 cm.) long, Japanese wood box
MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
Finely worked with multi-coloured shell and gold foil inlay to depict a pair of dragons coiled around the pen in pursuit of 'flaming pearls', with the eight auspicious emblems tied with ribbons on the cover (old repair to rim of cover)
10 3/8 in. (27.5 cm.) long, Japanese wood box