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A PAIR OF JAPANESE LACQUER KAI-OKE SHELL GAME CONTAINERS
18TH / 19TH CENTURY
Pair of boxes for storing shells for the Kai-awase (Shell Matching). With main design of Kamon (family crests), bamboo leaves to top and delicate gilt copper Kanagu (metalwork fittings) and orginal ropes and tassels. Two sets of one hundred & eighty shells were usually required for this traditional game of memory where designs from poetry anthologies or classics like 'The Tale of Genji' where matched with their accompanying shell and design, approximately 43 cm high
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Lot 223
18TH / 19TH CENTURY
Pair of boxes for storing shells for the Kai-awase (Shell Matching). With main design of Kamon (family crests), bamboo leaves to top and delicate gilt copper Kanagu (metalwork fittings) and orginal ropes and tassels. Two sets of one hundred & eighty shells were usually required for this traditional game of memory where designs from poetry anthologies or classics like 'The Tale of Genji' where matched with their accompanying shell and design, approximately 43 cm high
Estimate $2,500 - $3,500
Asian Art, Classic Furniture & Objects
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8176
11:00am - 14 May 2017
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141
VIEWING
Melbourne (lots 1-249) & Sydney (lots 250-484)
10 May 9am-8pm
11-12 May 10am-5pm
13 May 10am-4pm
CONTACT
Chiara Curcio
chiara.curcio@leonardjoel.com.au
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