Sale 1352
Kunsthaus Zurich
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19 February 2007
Price realised
CHF 4,200
Estimate
AN IRON VASE ATTRIBUTED TO THE KOMAI STUDIO, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY) Oviform, with wide everted neck decorated in gold and silver nunomezogan and takazogan with two shaped panels depicting the drum and buildings of Kasuga Shrine bordered by bands of interspersed lozenges beneath a geometric design, a band of grapevine and narrow bands of geometric design to the neck 24.5cm. high
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