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JAPANISCHES KÄSTCHEN FÜR SCHREIBUTENSILIEN (SUZURIBAKO)
A JAPANESE WRITING BOX (SUZURIBAKO)_x000D_ A rectangular lacquer box with overhanging cover in gold, silver, black and brown colors, depicting plants and inside ducks, 18th c._x000D_ 25 x 22.5 x 6cm_x000D_ _x000D_ Provenance: Collection Rene Vittoz (1904 St. Petersburg - 1992 Bern). His father was a Protestant pastor in St. Petersburg. In 1918 the family had to leave Russia and moved back to their Swiss homeland. Rene Vittoz studied in Geneva and Lausanne and received his doctorate in Romance languages. In Bern he was a teacher of French and art history. He has authored several books, worked as a painter and was a passionate art collector. After his death, some items were already auctioned at Christies._x000D_
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JAPANISCHES KÄSTCHEN FÜR SCHREIBUTENSILIEN (SUZURIBAKO)
