Casket
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
Unknown
Materials
Lacquer, Mother-of-pearl [pinctada maxima]
Measurements
145 x 360 x 270 mm
Order this imageCollection
Chartwell, Kent
NT 1101697
Summary
An oblong Japanese lacquer box, or casket, the top and sides decorated with birds and formal foliage in mother of pearl and brown on a green and black ground; presented by the Prime Minister of Japan Shigem Yoshida (1946-7 and 1948-54) on Sir Winston's 90th birthday.