Live Auction 7663Fasque The Scottish Seat of the Gladstones
A WOOD INKSTONE BOX IN THE FORM OF A TORTOISE
Lot 100

A WOOD INKSTONE BOX IN THE FORM OF A TORTOISE

MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed7 May 2008

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GBP 1,062

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A WOOD INKSTONE BOX IN THE FORM OF A TORTOISE
MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19TH CENTURY
With slate inkstone and gold lacquer rim
8¼ in. (21 cm.) long

Acquired by Sir John Gladstone, 3rd Baronet, (1852-1926) on a visit to Japan, circa 1890.