Sale 8292
London, South Kensington
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18 February 1999
Price realised
GBP 80
Estimate
A pair of Japanese cloisonne hexagonal vases with flaring neck and feet decorated in various coloured enamels and silverwire with daisies on midnight blue grounds between copper rims -- 5in. (14.6cm.) high, 19th Century. (2)
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