Lot of small objects with japanese or sinister decoration : a pair of silver cufflinks, one hexagonal, the other poly-lobed decorated with Chinese characters on a guilloche background, a silver pencil case with a dragon embossed decoration and an important square gilt metal clip decorated with a young Japanese woman holding her child in a landscape of bamboos and water lilies, end of XIXth, beginning of XXth century. Weight of the silver objects : 17 g Dimensions of the clip 4,7 x 4,7 cm.

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