Sale 8277
London, South Kensington
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4 February 1999
Price realised
GBP 230
Estimate
A Satsuma mallet shaped vase painted and gilt with panels of bijin, rakan and warriors on a dark blue ground reserved in gilt with stylised foliage -- 7in. (17.8cms) high, signed Okamura.
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