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Thu, Jan 13, 2022 09:00AM EST
Lot 369

Pair Japanese Imari Porcelain Bijin Figures

Estimate: $600 - $900

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possibly late Edo period, each standing figure dressed in a flowing kimono, her hair held up with a comb, decorated throughout with bamboo trellis and flowers, iron red, gilt, and polychrome enamel decoration, 13-3/8 in.; each secured in a metal bracket; with a pair of American classical gilt wood wall brackets, floral drop finial, 12-1/4 x 13 x 8 in.

Provenance: Private Bluffton, South Carolina Collection

Condition

one with repair/retouch to hairdo, vertical hairline verso; scattered glaze flakes and small chips, scratches; brackets with some cracks and repair, dents, rubbing and losses to gilt, and other surface distress

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