472: AN ELABORATE ANTIQUE JAPANESE LACQUER JEWELRY CASKET

The casket with hinged lid and raised panels elaborately decorated in gold against red ground panels is raised on four chrysanthemum feet.
Measures 8.75 x 13.75 x 10 inches.
Separations and minor losses overall, otherwise intact.
Provenance: The collection of Josephine Bird Hall (1888 - 1948) by descent to her son, the present owner. Josephine's father was a founder of Kansas City's Emery, Bird, Thayer Department Store.
$300 - $400