Sale 5020
Paris
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26 November 2002
Price realised
EUR 1,762
Estimate
INRO A QUATRE CASES SIGNE KAJIKAWA SAKU, PERIODE EDO, XIXEME SIECLE Décoré en takamaki-e argent et noir et nashiji or sur fond de laque d'or, d'une ronde de cinq chevaux ; compartiments en nashiji or, champs en laque d'or ; signature en laque d'or Longueur: 8,5 cm.(3¼ in.)
Provenance
Collection de Sir William Beilby Avery, Oakley Court.
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A FOUR CASE INRO SIGNED KAJIKAWA SAKU, EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
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