Sold for $531

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

Lot Description

28 Mixed Metal Menuki

LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY

comprising 19 examples depicting landscapes, two showing shishi lions, one with relief inlay showing a samurai, one depicting a seated squirrel, one dragon, one peach, one flowering prunus and two with carp and mountains; all unsigned.

Length of largest 2 in., 5 cm.

Property from the Collection of Kevin Evensen, Chicago, Illinois

Condition Report

Each example in overall good condition. A silver example decorated with a carp has minor tarnish.

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