A JAPANESE LACQUER TABAKO-BON (SMOKING SET)

A JAPANESE LACQUER TABAKO-BON (SMOKING SET)

MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

Of typical rectangular form with three drawers to the front, the top inset with two metal containers for the coal and ashes, the body decorated in gold lacquer on the brown nashiji ground, with a flowering prunus tree and further blooms scattered across the surface, 21cm x 21cm x 13.5cm. (8)

Provenance: purchased c.1960 from the collection of British artist Ernest Cole (1890-1979), by repute.

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.