Sale 5496
London, South Kensington
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12 May 2010
Price realised
GBP 2,250
Estimate
A PAIR OF EMBROIDERED HANGINGS OF LIONS AND TIGERS Edo Period (19th century) The first worked with a lion confronting a tiger across a fast stream, the second with a pair of tigers in a similar wooded landscape, both in brocade mounts 27 x 43in. (69 x 110cm.) with embroidered signature (2)
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