Lot 133
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An ostrich egg
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An ostrich egg

MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)

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An ostrich egg
Meiji Period (Late 19th Century)
Decorated in iroe hiramaki-e with a peacock among treepeony and cherryblossom, fitted wood stand
27cm. high
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

For similar examples see Exhibition Commemorating the 2005 World Exposition, Aichi, Japan, Arts of East and West from World Expositions 1855-1900: Paris, Vienna and Chicago (Tokyo, 2004), p. 75, pls. 1-178, 1-179 and 1-180.

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