The Cabinet of Curiosities | July 3 - 8, 2021

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111 JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD LACQUER GUNBAI (WAR FAN), 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

recto decorated in iroe-takamaki-e and oil litharge and inlaid in mother-of-pearl on a red lacquer ground and with cloud form gilt wired apertures, the bamboo shaft with tassel $300 — 500

112 FOUR NAMAU COCONUT SHELL SPOONS, PURARI RIVER, PAPUA NEW GUINEA 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

one with carved mask handle, one with incised and lime filled geometric bands, longest length 5 in — 12.7 cm $100 — 200


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