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MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED SHUGETSU AND WITH KAO
Details
An Ivory Figure of Kannon**
Meiji period (late 19th century), signed Shugetsu and with kao
Kannon standing on a dragon and holding a flask in the right hand, and with an elaborate jeweled headdress; eyes of dragon inlaid in mother-of-pearl
10¼in. (26cm.) high
Meiji period (late 19th century), signed Shugetsu and with kao
Kannon standing on a dragon and holding a flask in the right hand, and with an elaborate jeweled headdress; eyes of dragon inlaid in mother-of-pearl
10¼in. (26cm.) high
Special notice
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