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    Sale 5967

    Japanese Art & Design

    London, South Kensington

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    13 May 2009

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    Lot 109

    A two-case inro

    MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)

    Price realised

    GBP 2,500

    Estimate

    GBP 2,000 - GBP 3,000

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    A two-case inro
    Meiji Period (late 19th century)
    Carved in wood in the form of a tortoise, the details well rendered, with an attached ojime and netsuke, each of a tortoise
    12.5cm. long

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