Sale 9460
Los Angeles
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12 - 14 March 2001
Price realised
USD 646
Estimate
THREE JAPANESE POLYCHROME-PAINTED AND GILT-DECORATED SCENES OF NOBLES AT COURT Together with two other framed decorative pieces 13½in. (34.2cm.) high, 19½in. (49.2cm.) wide (5)
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