A PAIR OF IVORY TUSK VASES , SIGNED <I>MASAMITSU</I>, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY) | Christie's

Sale 1352

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

Kunsthaus Zurich

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19 February 2007

Browse Sale

Lot 70

A PAIR OF IVORY TUSK VASES

SIGNED MASAMITSU, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)

Price realised

CHF 19,200

Estimate

CHF 9,500 - CHF 12,000

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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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