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A Japanese lacquer box with cover, Meiji period (1868-1912).
Estimate
6 000 - 8 000 SEK
537 - 716 EUR
549 - 733 USD
Hammer price
6 000 SEK
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A Japanese lacquer box with cover, Meiji period (1868-1912).
Rectangular with rounded edges, decorated with a landscape with mountains. Measurment 21x26x5.5 cm. Japanese wooden box accompanies the set. Measurement 29x24x9 cm.
Wear.
Provenance
From the collection of a Scandinavian nobleman, who had a long diplomatic career starting, in the 1920s as a young attache in China, later on as ambassador in China.
Diplomatic gift from 'Le Prince Ito', business card accompanies the box.
Literature
Itō Hirobumi (伊藤 博文, 16 October 1841 – 26 October 1909) was a Japanese politician and statesman who served as the first Prime Minister of Japan. He was also a leading member of the genrō, a group of senior statesmen that dictated Japanese policy during the Meiji era.