Sale 8455
London, South Kensington
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8 July 1999
Price realised
GBP 207
Estimate
An ivory okimono of a dragon boat carved and pierced with the various Immortals and their attributes at leisure, eating and drinking, the dragon with inset eyes -- 9in. (24.8cm) long, 19th Century, signed. See Illustration
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