Sale 19039
New York
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24 September 2020
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Price realised
USD 1,250
Estimate
A SMALL PAIR OF HIRADO WARE MODELS OF ELEPHANTS JAPAN, MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19TH CENTURY Each modeled standing four square, the bodies in all over white glaze with underglaze blue eyes 4 ¼ in. (10.8 cm.) long; with wood box
Provenance
Acquired from Johnstone-Fong, Inc., Philadelphia, 25 January 1984. The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago.
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