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Day 1: Important Asian Works of Art

Thu, Sep 15, 2016 10:00AM EDT - Fri, Sep 16, 2016 10:00AM EDT
Lot 99

Three Pieces Old [Karatsu] Stoneware

Estimate: $500 - $700

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Japanese, vase or [tokkuri] sake flask with thin neck in browns with [Karatsu]-style tree and leaf decoration, probably early-Edo or earlier, 9-3/4 x 5 in., [minor glaze losses, minor chip to foot]; vase or [tokkuri] with brushed white slip banding applied on the wheel over dark brown glaze, 9 x 5 in., [chips to neck]; short melon-shaped vase with overglaze brown bamboo decoration, probably early Edo, 5 x 5 in., [rim possibly reduced, old collection/museum tag number to bottom]. Condition: . Notes: Please Note: Brunk Auctions provides condition reports as a courtesy to our clients and assumes no liability for any error or omission. Descriptions are our opinions and should in no way be construed as a guarantee of any kind as to age, condition, mater. Provenance: Collection of Commander USNR (Ret.) Wayne S. and Mrs. Lydia B. Shiver, Asheboro, North Carolina