A small Japanese silver "Irises" tea caddy and cover,...

A small Japanese silver "Irises" tea caddy and cover, and a Tang dynasty style lobed sterling box

Caddy with base incised "B.F(?)." with stamped "jungin" mark, the lobed box ornately etched with fowl and floral pattern, retailed by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, stamped "STERLING...1988".

Approx. H of tallest: 4 in., 10.1cm

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Property from the collection of Duane Lease