Sale 7116
London
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10 November 2004
Price realised
GBP 4,541
Estimate
A GROUP OF KUSHI AND KOGAI [COMBS AND HAIRPINS] EDO - MEIJI PERIOD (18TH - LATE 19TH CENTURY) ALL DECORATED IN IROE HIRAMAKI-E AND TAKAMAKI-E, SOME INLAID IN MOTHER OF PEARL ON VARIOUS GOLD AND BLACK GROUNDS, SOME TORTOISESHELL, WITH DESIGNS INCLUDING RAIDEN STRIKING THUNDER, PEONY, AND DRAGONFLY, A COMB WITH TREEPEONY, TEN OTHER COMBS, SEVEN COMBS AND HAIRPINS AND ONE ASSOCIATED COMB AND HAIRPIN VARYING SIZES FROM 9CM. TO 17CM. WIDE (32)
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