£300 - £400
A pair Chinese red lacquered and gilt leather Trunks, of rectangular form and applied with tooled leather bats and shou symbols, the hinged top enclosed a lined interior with makers stamp, with carrying handles to either side, W 79 cm x H 33 cm x D 52 cm.
Provenance; Vendors Parents worked for the British Embassy between 1938-42 during the war between China and Japan (Second Sino-Japanese War), these trunks were purchased as a set of four during this period, whilst feeling China their possessions were seized by the Japanese military, they were then returned approximately four years later.
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