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19TH CENTURY
Details
A PAIR OF JAPANESE LACQUER FOOD CONTAINERS (KARABITSU)
19TH CENTURY
The ribbed cylindrical boxes with slightly domed covers and set on four splayed legs decorated in gold on black lacquer with scrolling flowers, incised gilt soft-metal fittings and orange silk tassels
16 in. (40.1 cm.) high (2)
19TH CENTURY
The ribbed cylindrical boxes with slightly domed covers and set on four splayed legs decorated in gold on black lacquer with scrolling flowers, incised gilt soft-metal fittings and orange silk tassels
16 in. (40.1 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 19 February 1958, lots 18 and 19.
Special notice
Christie's is selling all lots in this sale as agent for an organization which holds a State of New York Exempt Organization certificate. Seller explicitly reserves all trademark and trade name rights and rights of privacy and publicity in the name and image of Doris Duke. No buyer of any property in this sale will acquire any right to use the Doris Duke name or image. Seller further explicitly reserves all copyright rights in designs or other copyrightable works included in the property offered for sale. No buyer of any property in the sale will acquire the rights to reproduce, distribute copies of, or prepare derivative works of such designs or copyrightable works.