THREE LAC BURGAUTÉ CUPS; A CHINESE DRIED GOURD CRICKET CAGE AND COVER AND A BAMBOO PURSE
EARLY 18TH CENTURY AND LATER
The three square lac burgauté wine cups lined in white metal; the cricket cage lightly incised and stained with lady and two boys, three-character mark to shoulder, wood neck, with tortoiseshell and wood carved and pierced cover; the boxwood crescent-shaped purse and cover with cord handle
The cricket cage 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) long
THREE LAC BURGAUTÉ CUPS; A CHINESE DRIED GOURD CRICKET CAGE AND COVER AND A BAMBOO PURSE
EARLY 18TH CENTURY AND LATER
The three square lac burgauté wine cups lined in white metal; the cricket cage lightly incised and stained with lady and two boys, three-character mark to shoulder, wood neck, with tortoiseshell and wood carved and pierced cover; the boxwood crescent-shaped purse and cover with cord handle
The cricket cage 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) long