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Auction archive: Lot number 195

An ivory shibayama style card case

Auction 25.09.1997
25 Sep 1997
Estimate
£250 - £400
ca. US$400 - US$640
Price realised:
£253
ca. US$404
Auction archive: Lot number 195

An ivory shibayama style card case

Auction 25.09.1997
25 Sep 1997
Estimate
£250 - £400
ca. US$400 - US$640
Price realised:
£253
ca. US$404
Beschreibung:

An ivory shibayama style card case and hinged cover, decorated in gold lacquer and onlaid in mother-of-pearl, jadeite and coral with a butterfly, a bee and a squirrel amongst fruiting vines, the reverse with a song bird perched on a blossoming branch beneath a further butterfly in flight -- 3 3/8in. (8.6cm) high.

Auction archive: Lot number 195
Auction:
Datum:
25 Sep 1997
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

An ivory shibayama style card case and hinged cover, decorated in gold lacquer and onlaid in mother-of-pearl, jadeite and coral with a butterfly, a bee and a squirrel amongst fruiting vines, the reverse with a song bird perched on a blossoming branch beneath a further butterfly in flight -- 3 3/8in. (8.6cm) high.

Auction archive: Lot number 195
Auction:
Datum:
25 Sep 1997
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
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