Important South African and International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery

Live Auction, 16 October 2017

Jewellery, Watches, European and Oriental Decorative Arts
  • A shagreen and Japanese ivory-mounted cigarette box, 1930s


Lot Estimate
ZAR 6 000 - 8 000

About this Item

A shagreen and Japanese ivory-mounted cigarette box, 1930s
rectangular, the cover applied and carved in relief with an ivory figure of a Japanese musician playing an õ-tsuzumi, the hinged cover enclosing a metal compartment, stamped with patent number ‘256860’, the cover signed in a square reserve, 7,3cm high, 18cm wide, 13,5cm deep

*Not suitable for export.



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