Lot 232 , A fine Japanese ivory shibayama and lacquer card case, Meiji period, 11.4cm, age cracks

A fine Japanese ivory shibayama and lacquer card case, Meiji period, one side decorated with an eagle perched on a prunus branch, the other a dragonfly above prunus, 11.4cm, age cracks
Estimate £400-600

Two age cracks to the ivory cover each side of the dragonfly. The opposite side has a tiny loss to raised gilt lacquer prunus branch on the right, occasional minor scratches.


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Sold for £700