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Lot 1628Y
A group of four ivory page turners Late 19th Century
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28 July 2009, 10:00 PDT
San FranciscoUS$1,200 - US$1,500
A group of four ivory page turners
Late 19th Century
The first of the Meiji Period, the handle carved with a song bird on a flowering spray; the second probably Southeast Asian and decorated with a figure amid lush tropical foliage; the third pierced with fruiting grape vines, one side with a Western monogram painted in black; the fourth a Western knife-form shaft with foliage issuing from an escutcheon-like pommel.
14 1/8in (35.8cm) length of longest
The first of the Meiji Period, the handle carved with a song bird on a flowering spray; the second probably Southeast Asian and decorated with a figure amid lush tropical foliage; the third pierced with fruiting grape vines, one side with a Western monogram painted in black; the fourth a Western knife-form shaft with foliage issuing from an escutcheon-like pommel.
14 1/8in (35.8cm) length of longest
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