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A CERAMIC-INLAID WOOD BOX AND COVER
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
The rectangular box finished to expose the natural woodgrain and
decorated with a Chinese lion in ceramic inlays, the underside of the
cover carved with a Chinese poem, the characters embellished in
gold lacquer and signed with two undeciphered inlaid seals
15 1/2 x 10 7/8 x 3 5/8in (39.4 x 28.2 x 9.3cm)
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US$2,000 - 3,000

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A WOOD MODEL OF A TIGER
Taisho era (1912-1926), early 20th century
Carved from a single block of wood and covered with a brown
pigment, worn away on some of the high spots, revealing the wood
surface beneath, the eyes inlaid in painted bone
19in (48.2cm) wide, 13 3/4in (34.9cm) high
US$2,000 - 3,000

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A MASSIVE WOOD BOX AND COVER CARVED AS A TURTLE
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
Carved in sections and assembled to form a large turtle with smaller
turtles on its back, the top of the shell removable, revealing an interior
lacquered with cherry blossoms and leaves floating on rippling water,
the underside of the cover decorated with cherry blossoms on
“cracked ice” all in gold and black hiramaki-e against a red-lacquer
ground, the larger turtle’s eyes inlaid in reverse-painted glass
37 x 27 1/2 x 11in (94 x 70 x 28cm)

US$8,000 - 12,000
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A FINELY CARVED WOOD PANEL
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
Carved from a single block of wood with a rooster and hen standing
on a rocky hillock worked in high relief, some sections carved in the
round, illegibly signed () () to and sealed Eguchi, set into the original
heavy wood frame
28 5/8 x 17 1/2in (72.7 x 44.4cm) (panel only), 32 1/8 x 21 1/2in
(81.6 x 54.6cm) overall
US$7,000 - 9,000
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