A JAPANESE MOTHER OF PEARL INLAID BLACK LACQUER BOX AND HINGED COVER
RYUKYU ISLANDS, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
Similarly decorated to the sides and to the top and reverse cover with panels of Shou characters amongst leafy scrolling blossoming branches, within stylised flower bands
9 1/8in. (23.3cm.) long
A JAPANESE MOTHER OF PEARL INLAID BLACK LACQUER BOX AND HINGED COVER
RYUKYU ISLANDS, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
Similarly decorated to the sides and to the top and reverse cover with panels of Shou characters amongst leafy scrolling blossoming branches, within stylised flower bands
9 1/8in. (23.3cm.) long
