Lot details Unsigned Japan, 19th century Well carved as two men wrestling, each kneeling and grasping the other’s waist, both wearing red kimonos lacquered in Negoro style, their heads, arms, and feet left plain, the inlaid eyes with large dark pupils, one wearing a headband and the other smiling, their heads forming the cover of the tobacco box. LENGTH 9 cm, HEIGHT 7.6 cm Condition: Very good condition with minor surface wear. Provenance: Collection of Sir Sydney Richard Wells, 1st Baronet, DL (1879-1957), and thence by descent. Sir Richard Wells was a British baronet, the first of the Wells baronets of Felmersham, and a Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Bedford from 1922 to 1945.
Lot details Unsigned Japan, 19th century Well carved as two men wrestling, each kneeling and grasping the other’s waist, both wearing red kimonos lacquered in Negoro style, their heads, arms, and feet left plain, the inlaid eyes with large dark pupils, one wearing a headband and the other smiling, their heads forming the cover of the tobacco box. LENGTH 9 cm, HEIGHT 7.6 cm Condition: Very good condition with minor surface wear. Provenance: Collection of Sir Sydney Richard Wells, 1st Baronet, DL (1879-1957), and thence by descent. Sir Richard Wells was a British baronet, the first of the Wells baronets of Felmersham, and a Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Bedford from 1922 to 1945.
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