Export Lacquerware Sewing Box with Ivory Implements

Description:

Export Lacquerware Sewing Box with Ivory Implements, China, 19th/20th century, rectangular with cut corners, the box decorated with bats, flowers, and cartouches of figures at leisure in garden scenes, the hinged cover opens to inner trays containing various sewing tools, with a drawer below, metal hardware and handles, 5 1/2 x 14 x 10 in.
Estimate $100-150

lacquer very damaged, with cracks and major loss (some pieces kept within the box),some ivory implements broken or with chips, the lower drawer does not open


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