Sale 4024
London, South Kensington
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12 - 13 October 2006
Price realised
GBP 540
Estimate
A Japanese tapering ovoid vase, 19th century painted and gilt with a continuous scene of a figure leading a tethered horse across a bridge before shrines and pavilions set in a mountainous river landscape - 14 3/8in. (36.5cms) high,
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