A SMALL LACQUER TEBAKO WITH CRAYFISH
THE FLORENCE AND HERBERT IRVING COLLECTION
A SMALL LACQUER TEBAKO WITH CRAYFISH

JAPAN, MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A SMALL LACQUER TEBAKO WITH CRAYFISH
JAPAN, MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The box and cover with fitted inner tray, decorated in red and black takamaki-e and togidashi with lobsters against a rich gyobu-nashiji ground, the inner tray with a further lobster amidst waves
6 in. (15.3 cm.) high; 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm.) wide; 2 ¼ in. (5.7 cm.) deep
Provenance
Eskenazi Ltd., London, 1989.
The Irving Collection, no. 2865.

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