A GROUP OF FOUR JAPANESE MINITAURE IVORY CHESTS
A GROUP OF FOUR JAPANESE MINITAURE IVORY CHESTS MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912) The first carved and inlaid in shell and stained ivory with a market and flower-viewing scene; another similar, with panels containing birds, animals and insects, metal mounts, signed to the interior Ryu/Yanagi, stand; and a chest with sliding doors, inlaid in coral, tortoiseshell and decorated in iroe lacquer with ladies, sealed; the last and largest in iroe lacquer with eight of the zodiac animals, gilt kanagu -- 6¼in. (16cm.) high maximum (4)
A GROUP OF FOUR JAPANESE MINITAURE IVORY CHESTS
A GROUP OF FOUR JAPANESE MINITAURE IVORY CHESTS MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912) The first carved and inlaid in shell and stained ivory with a market and flower-viewing scene; another similar, with panels containing birds, animals and insects, metal mounts, signed to the interior Ryu/Yanagi, stand; and a chest with sliding doors, inlaid in coral, tortoiseshell and decorated in iroe lacquer with ladies, sealed; the last and largest in iroe lacquer with eight of the zodiac animals, gilt kanagu -- 6¼in. (16cm.) high maximum (4)
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