Details
An export lacquer medallion
Edo period, late 18th Century
Decorated in gold hiramaki-e and kinji on a roironuri ground, with a bust portrait of Olivier Cromwel, the reverse inscribed 'Né en 1603. Mort a Londres, le 13 Septembre, 1658', small rim chip to the lacquer
12.2 cm. long
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