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Thu, Jun 18, 2020 01:00PM EDT
Lot 130

Pair Japanese Inlaid Bronze Ikebana Usabata Vases

Estimate: $400 - $600

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
probably Meiji Period, with inlaid decoration throughout with flowers, insects, birds, waves, and geometric designs, each with two removable figural dragon handles, 11-3/4 x 8-1/2 in. - Provenance: Purchased from Juergens Estate, Cincinnati, Ohio

Condition

three dragons with repaired breaks to heads/necks, one dragon with loss to whisker, one dragon with break to arm and crack to leg, one with redrilled attachment hole, other scattered losses to dragons; vases with some losses to inlay decoration, some patination and verdigris, light abrasions and scattered nicks to rims
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