JAPON VERS 1900 ET 1930

JAPON VERS 1900 ET 1930
Lot of three objects, including :
- a small rectangular ivory box with shibayama decoration of butterflies, ladybirds and beetles near wisteria.
Dim. 2,3 x 9,7 x 6 cm
Weight : 77 g (Stained lid, small lacks at the corners)
And two tanto :
- one in marine ivory and bone with shibayama inlaid decoration of mother-of-pearl, coral, horn and tortoiseshell representing butterflies among prunus in flower.
L. 30,2 cm - Weight : 370 g (Misses, including the extremities, small gaps of inlay, extremity of the blade slightly deformed)
- the other tanto in bone carved with three dignitaries in the forest in light relief.
L. 27,5 cm - Weight : 152 g (Chips, cracks, lack of the mekugi's tip, cracks, small bone holes, very oxidized blade)