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JAPAN, 1850-1920
Details
A LAC BURGAUTÉ SNUFF BOTTLE
JAPAN, 1850-1920
The bottle is delicately inlaid with shell, gold and silver on either side with a recessed oval panel depicting on one side a spotted deer below the moon, the other with a seated scholar, all on a lacquered ground with repetitive geometric and floral motifs on the sides.
3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) high overall, original conforming stopper
JAPAN, 1850-1920
The bottle is delicately inlaid with shell, gold and silver on either side with a recessed oval panel depicting on one side a spotted deer below the moon, the other with a seated scholar, all on a lacquered ground with repetitive geometric and floral motifs on the sides.
3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) high overall, original conforming stopper
Provenance
The Giorgio Irneri Collection, Lugano, Switzerland.
Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 2000.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3052.
Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 2000.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3052.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.