Sale 2433
Amsterdam
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19 October 1999
Price realised
NLG 1,170
Estimate
An Imari barber's bowl Edo Period (Early 18th Century) Decorated in iron-red enamel and gilt on underglaze blue with a vase on a terrace filled with a rich bouquet of peonies and chrysanthemum, the broad rim with three shaped panels of exotic flowers divided by chrysanthemum-heads on a dark-blue ground, the reverse with sprays of cherry-blossom (rubbing to the gilt) 26.7 cm. wide
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