Sale 1633
New York
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7 - 8 March 2006
Price realised
USD 1,560
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
TWO JAPANESE LACQUER COVERED BOXES, EDO PERIOD, (19TH CENTURY), the first of rounded rectangular form, the cover and sides decorated in gold and silver relief and inlaid with mother-of-pearl, and red lacquer with blossoming plum and camelia branches behind a panelled screen; the second rectangular, the cover and sides decorated with crests in togidashi and nashiji, the interior with tray 4½in (11cm.) high; 6½in.(16.5cm.) long (5)
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