Sale 1352
Kunsthaus Zurich
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19 February 2007
Price realised
CHF 19,200
Estimate
A PAIR OF IVORY TUSK VASES SIGNED MASAMITSU, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY) Each inlaid in Shibayama style with cockerels, hens and kingfishers among flowers and foliage, wood bases with silver mounts 34cm. high (2)
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