Sale 1352
Kunsthaus Zurich
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19 February 2007
Price realised
CHF 1,800
Estimate
TWO CLOISONNÉ DISHES THE FIRST SIGNED ITO, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY) Worked in copper wire and coloured enamels on a yellow ground with an egret on a tree stump and a dish decorated with birds among peonies and plum blossoms, copper rims Both 30cm. diam. (2)
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