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Lot 679

TWO PAIRS OF INLAID IRON VASES
Meiji period

12 – 19 May 2025, 12:00 BST
Online, London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £2,560 inc. premium

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TWO PAIRS OF INLAID IRON VASES

Meiji period
Comprising: a pair of tapering vases with flared necks, worked in gold and silver with shaped panels enclosing birds amongst flower sprays, the necks with grapevine collars, all on fretwork grounds; and a smaller pair similarly decorated, with overlapping panels of grapevine and lotus ponds, seal marks.
The tallest 16.5cm (6 1/2in) high. (4).

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明治時代 鐵錯金銀瓶兩對

Provenance: a London private collection amassed between the 1970s and 1990s and thence by descent.

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