Sale 1352
Kunsthaus Zurich
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19 February 2007
Price realised
CHF 48,000
Estimate
A FINE CLOISONNÉ VASE SEAL OF KUMENO TEITARO, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY) Finely worked in gold and silver wire and honzogan with bamboo and rocks on a dark blue ground, the foot and neck rim with geometric designs, silver mounts, fitted wood box 33.3cm. high
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