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A PAIR OF JAPANESE GOLD TAKAMAKIE AND HARDSTONE INLAY IVORY VASES

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A PAIR OF JAPANESE GOLD TAKAMAKIE AND HARDSTONE INLAY IVORY VASES
18TH/19TH CENTURY

The hollow ivory tusks finely decorated to the exterior with maple and prunus trees above peonies and chrysanthemums, the blooms, birds, butterflies and insects picked out in mother-of-pearl, coral and agate (both with age cracks, one with chips and repairs to base, both bases missing)--8 1/4in. (21cm.) high, boxes (2)

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