Sale 9438
London, South Kensington
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18 July 2002
Price realised
GBP 352
Estimate
A JAPANESE CIRCULAR INLAID LACQUER FOOTED CHARGER EARLY 20TH CENTURY DECORATED IN IVORY AND MOTHER OF PEARL WITH TWO BOYS WEARING DECORATED ROBES, ONE HOLDING A LANTERN, BEFORE TWO BUTTERFLIES IN FLIGHT, ON A GILT PAINTED RESERVE, WITHIN A FOLIATE DECORATED BROWN LACQUER BORDER -- 17¾IN. (45CM.) DIAM., (MINOR DAMAGES). SEE ILLUSTRATION.
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