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    Sale 1352

    The Avo Krikorian Collection: Innovation and Inspiration of Meiji Period Design

    Kunsthaus Zurich

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    19 February 2007

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    • A GROUP OF METALWORK
    Lot 85

    A GROUP OF METALWORK

    THE THIRD WITH MARK OF THE KOMAI STUDIO, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)

    Price realised

    CHF 3,360

    Estimate

    CHF 3,000 - CHF 4,000

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    A GROUP OF METALWORK
    THE THIRD WITH MARK OF THE KOMAI STUDIO, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
    A table screen, the four hinged iron panels framed in copper gilt, decorated in gilt nunomezogan with a scene of Mount Fuji, the reverse with bamboo; a book cover decorated in iroe-hirozogan and takazogan with birds among bamboo, trees and flowers, the hinged lock-plate opening to reveal books of text a cosmetic case decorated in gold nunomezogan with pavilions and a dragon; and snuff box decorated in iroe-takazogan with cranes
    36cm. long, 22cm. high, 9cm. wide and 6cm. long (4)

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