JAPANESE MONKEY BOX
 
JAPANESE MONKEY BOX
Hand-carved 19th century Japanese hardwood box or tobacco jar. Designed as two monkeys in a garden tree that is shaped around them. Meticulously carved from one large piece of wood with fine detail to tree and monkeys. Decorated with carved pieces of mother-of-pearl that accent the garden leaves.

Japan, 19th C.

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